APOCYNE^E. I. ECHITES. 



South America, near the town of Santa Fe de Bogota. Branches 

 glabrous. Leaves 2| inches long. Flowers size of those of 

 Vinca. Calyx smooth, furnished with 5 trifid scales inside, 

 towards the base. Corolla white, glabrous, hairy inside. 

 Bogota Echites. Shrub tw. 



28 E. CITRIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 216.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, obsoletely cordate, quite glabrous, shining 

 above ; petioles furnished with 2 glands inside ; racemes bifid ; 

 calycine segments lanceolate, acuminated. Jj . *"*. S. Native 

 of New Granada, near Santanna and Mariquita. Branches gla- 

 brous. Leaves 3 inches long. Corolla glabrous outside. 



Orange-leaved Echites. Fl. June. Shrub tw. 



29 E. DICHOTOMA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 217.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, cordate, glabrous, glandless ? ; racemes 

 dichotomous, on long peduncles ; calycine segments ovate- 

 lanceolate, fj . *"*. S. Native of South America, in the pro- 

 vince of Bracamoros, between Jaen and the river Amazon. 

 Branches smoothish. Corolla blue or purple. 



Z)icAo/07o*-peduncled Echites. Fl. Aug. Shrub tw. 



30 E. MARANHAME'NSIS ; leaves cordate, sub-sagittate-oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous above, but clothed with white tomentum 

 beneath ; racemes many-flowered ; flowers almost sessile ; co- 

 rollas glabrous outside. \. *"*. S. Native of Maranham. 

 Flowers large, yellow. Follicles long, smooth. 



Maranham Echites. Shrub cl. 



31 E. SUBSAGITTA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 19.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves oblong, sub-sagittate, acuminated, with the hind 

 lobes obtuse, ciliated, glandular at the base ; peduncles short, 

 racemose ; calycine segments acute. ^ . ri . S. Native of 

 Peru, in woods. E. subsagittata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 271. Stems 

 glabrous, granular, filiform, purplish. Petioles downy. Sti- 

 pulas form of glands. 



Sagittate-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 



32 E. NITIDA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 2. p. 19.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, subcordate at the base, glabrous, shining above ; 

 peduncles racemose ; calycine segments linear-obtuse. Fj . *"*. S. 

 Native of South America. Leaves 3-4 inches long, acute, of a 

 glaucous rust colour beneath. Petioles purplish. Pedicels 

 sometimes twin. Corolla white, with the tube swollen at top. 

 Anthers 8, beaked. 



Shining-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 



33 E. TOMENTOSA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 44.) leaves cordate-ob- 

 long, acuminated, and are, as well as the stems, hairy; pedun- 

 cles racemose, 3-4-flowered, pilose ; calycine segments attenu- 

 ated, glabrous, fj . r *. S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves 3 

 inches long. Corolla beset with grey hairs outside, yellow. 



Tomentose Echites. F). July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub tw. 



3. Follicles united at top. 



34 E. SYMPHYOCA'RPA (Meyer, esseq. p. 132.) leaves elliptic- 

 oval, sub-sagittate, tomentose beneath, roughish above ; racemes 

 downy ; follicles joined at top ; calycine segments subulate, acu- 

 minated. Tj . / "\ S. Native of the Island of Arrowabisch, in 

 sandy groves. Stems glabrous, red. Tendrils simple, axillary. 

 Corolla glabrous, yellow outside, but variegated with red and 

 yellow inside. This, and E. agglutinata, may probably form a 

 distinct genus, from the follicles being joined at top. 



Combined-fruited Echites. Shrub tw. 



35 E. AGGLUTINA'TA (Jacq. amer. 31. t. 23. ed. pict. t. 

 30. Lin. spec. 1671.) leaves ovate, emarginate, with a mu- 

 crone, glabrous ; peduncles racemose ; calycine segments small, 

 ovate. fy . ^\ S. Native of St. Domingo, among bushes on 

 the mountains, about Cape Francais. Peduncles sometimes 

 bifid. Flowers small, white. Tube of corolla 5-furrowed ; 

 segments narrow. Follicles agglutinate at the apex. 



dgglutinate-follicled Echites. Shrub tw. 



36 E. ? CATESB^I ; leaves oblong, spiny, stiff, almost vein- 

 less, often involute ; racemes 6-8-flowered, terminal and axil- 

 lary ; segments of the corolla truncate; follicles contiguous at 

 the apex, f? . / ~ > . F. Native of Carolina. Vinca lutea, Lin. 

 amcen. 4. p. 307. spec. 305. Catesb. car. 2. p. 53. t. 53. Fol- 

 licles 8-10 inches long. Seeds pappose. Flowers yellow, 

 double. ? Perhaps a species of Forsterdnia. 



Catesby's Echites. Shrub tw. 



f- Species natives of America, hardly known ; the greater 

 number of n>hich probably do not belong to the genus. 



37 E. ? SYPHILITICA (Lin. suppl. 167.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 quite glabrous, ribbed ; peduncles axillary, divided into two 

 branches, and these branches again divided into 2 spikes, 

 which are closely beset with flowers, fy . S. Native of Suri- 

 nam. A lactescent tree. Leaves large. Corollas large, white ; 

 limb large, flat. Stigma of Vinca. Follicles twin, divaricate. 

 A decoction of the leaves is noted, in Surinam, in the cure of 

 syphilis. Perhaps a species of Tabernemontana. 



Syphilitic Echites. Tree. 



38 E. SUBSFICA'TA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 2. p. 18.) leaves ob- 

 long, attenuated, somewhat cordate at the base, glabrous ; pedun- 

 cles racemose ; pedicels very short ; calycine segments lanceo- 

 late. 1? . / ^ > . S. Native of South America. Shrub glabrous in 

 every part. Leaves 4-5 inches long, shining above, purplish on 

 the rib beneath. Petioles rather villous above. Bracteas 

 linear-lanceolate. Perhaps a species of Parsonsia. 



Subspicate-fio\\ered Echites. Shrub tw. 



39 E. RUBRICAU'LIS (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 535.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, nerved beneath, and rather downy ; flowers lateral, 

 almost solitary ; stem red. fj . '"*. S. Native of Guiana. 

 Leaves glabrous, and almost shining above. Flowers hardly 

 pedunculate. 



Red-stemmed Echites. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 



40 E. OVALIFOLIA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 535.) leaves oval, blunt 

 at both ends, downy beneath ; follicles very hairy ; peduncles 

 racemose, longer than the leaves ; branches and peduncles pilose. 

 *2 . / *\ S. Native of St. Domingo. Branches stiff, brownish. 

 Leaves an inch and more long. Bracteas subulate. Follicles 

 slender, arched. 



Oval-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 



41 E. GLOMERA'TA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 536.) leaves membra- 

 nous, ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers in axillary, nearly 

 globose fascicles, almost sessile ; stems scandent. Ij . < "\ S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers 

 middle-sized. Bracteas lanceolate. 



Glomerate-flowered Echites. Shrub cl. 



42 E. ? PANICULA'TA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 536.) leaves oval- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; panicles lateral, spicate ; pe- 

 dicels cymosely umbellate. Tj . *"\ S. Native of South 

 America. Pedicels downy. Perhaps a species of Parsonsia. 



Panicled-fiov/ered Echites. Shrub tw. 



43 E. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 537.) leaves very 

 narrow, acute ; flowers axillary, usually solitary ; follicles slen- 

 der, somewhat tomentose. 1? . / "\ S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Habit of a species of Ceropegia. Leaves 3 inches long, hardly 

 petiolate, glabrous, with 3 longitudinal nerves, 2 of which are 

 almost marginal. Follicles 6-8 inches long. 



Narrow-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 



44 E. DIFFORMIS (Walt. fl. car. p. 98. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 

 1. p. 178.) leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at the base : lower ones 

 linear ; flowers in fasciculate-corymbs, 1? . / "\ F. Native of 

 Lower Carolina, in woods. Leaves rather downy beneath. 

 Flowers small, yellowish. 



Two-formed-le&ved Echites. Fl. July. Clt. 1806. Sh. tw. 



45 E. PUNCTICULOSA (Richard, in act. hist. nat. par. p. 107.) 



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