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APOCYNE^E. II. CHONEMORPHA. 



Fraser's Echites. Shrub tw. 



Cult. All the true species of this genus bear large, elegant, 

 white or yellow flowers. They grow freely in a mixture of loam, 

 sand, and peat ; and cuttings strike root readily under a hand- 

 glass, if planted in sand. 



II. CHONEMO'RPHA (ywvn, clone, a funnel, and 

 morphe, form ; form of corolla). Echites species, Wall. Roth. 

 Roxb., &c. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-parted. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a naked throat, and a twisted limb ; 

 segments of corolla equal-sided ?. Stamens inclosed ; anthers 

 sagittate or lanceolate, adhering to the stigma. Ovarium didy- 

 mous. Style filiform ; stigma somewhat conical, emarginate at 

 apex. Hypogynous scales 5, distinct or connate. Follicles 

 distinct, slender. Seeds furnished with a tuft of hairs at the 

 upper extremity. Erect or twining shrubs, natives of Asia, with 

 opposite leaves ; and interpetiolar glandular ciliae ?. Peduncles 

 interpetiolar, corymbose. Flowers showy, white or yellow. 



* Erect shrubs. 



1 C. CRISTA'TA ; stems erect ; leaves oval, mucronate, tomen- 

 tose beneath, with horizontal ribs ; corymbs axillary, dichoto- 

 mous, divaricate, on short peduncles. fj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Echites cristata, Roth. nov. spec. Bracteas mi- 

 nute, tooth-formed. 



Crested Chonemorpha. Shrub. 



2 C. DICHOTOMA ; stems erect, dichotomous ; leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, downy beneath, when young clothed with silky 

 tomentum ; corymbs axillary, dichotomous, on short peduncles, 

 erect. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Echites dichotoma, 

 Roth, nov. spec. Echites Heynii, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 632. 

 Leaves a hand long, downy on the veins and nerves above. The 

 flowers are said to be salver-shaped, but are probably funnel- 

 shaped, very like those of Jasminum odoratissimum, but a little 

 larger, with the tube downy. 



Dichotomous Chonemorpha. Shrub. 



3 C. GBANDiFLbaA ; stem erect ; leaves oval, acuminated, 

 glabrous above, and rather tomentose beneath ; flowers terminal, 

 by threes ; peduncles as well as the calyxes downy ; corolla 

 glabrous. t? . S. Native of the East Indies. Echites gran- 

 diflora, Roth, nov. spec, but not of Meyer. Echites macrantha, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 632. Ribs of leaves almost horizontal, 

 bifid at top. Flowers showy, size of those of Oleander. Seg- 

 ments of corolla ovate, mucronate. 



Great-flowered Chonemorpha. Shrub. 



4 C. VESiiTA ; stem erect, downy ; leaves oval-lanceolate, 

 downy above and tomentose beneath ; corymbs axillary, almost 

 sessile, dichotomous, somewhat divaricate ; corolla downy. ^ . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Echites vestita, Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 394. E. tomentosa, Roth, nov. spec. Bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, concave. The corolla is said to be salver-shaped, but 

 is probably funnel-shaped, like the rest. Perhaps a species of 

 Aganosma. 



Clothed Chonemorpha. Shrub. 



5 C. ANTIDYSENTE'RICA ; stem erect ? angular ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, with obsoletely crenulated edges, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; corymbs axillary, dichotomous ; calyx and corolla 

 downy, fy . S. Native of the East Indies. Echites antidys- 

 enterica, Roth. nov. spec. Bracteas linear, downy. The corolla 

 is said to be salver-shaped, but is probably funnel-shaped. 



Antidysenteric Chonemorpha. Shrub. 



* * Twining shrubs. 



6 C. RETICULA V TA ; stem twining, angular, roughish; leaves 

 oval, mucronate, glabrous on both surfaces, reticulately veined ; 



corymbs axillary, pedunculate ; bracteas imbricate. Tj . *"*. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Echites reticulata, Roth. nov. spec. 



Var. (3, tomentosa (Roth. 1. c.) leaves tomentose on the ribs 

 and veins, especially beneath. 



Reticulaled-]eaved Chonemorpha. Shrub tw. 



7 C. ? MALABA'RICA ; stem scandent ; leaves ovate, acumin- 

 ated ; flowers disposed in axillary cymose racemes, villous. 

 1} . w . S. Native of Malabar. Echites Malabarica, Lam. diet. 

 2. p. 343. Pal-valli. Rheede, mal. 9. t. 12. Stem slender, 

 kneed. Flowers light green, reddish outside, with a whitish 

 neck. Follicles stiff, narrow, rather flattened. 



Malabar Chonemorpha. Shrub cl. 



8 C. MACROPHY'LLA ; stems twining ; leaves large, roundish, 

 acuminated, downy beneath ; cymes terminal. Tj . . S. Na- 

 tive of Silhet. Echites grandis, Wall.cat.no. 1658. Echites 

 macrophylla, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 13. Leaves from oval to 

 roundish, 10-12 inches long, and 7-10 broad. Flowers very 

 large, white. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Filaments hairy. 

 Follicles pendulous, about a foot long. Seeds spatulate. Em- 

 bryo inverted. Habit of Beaumontia grandifibra. 



Large-leaved Chonemorpha. Shrub cl. 



9 C. DENSIFLORA (Blum, bijdr. p. 104. under Echites) leaves 

 on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; co- 

 rymbs axillary and terminal, fastigiate, subumbellate, many- 

 flowered ; corolla funnel-shaped : having the tube angular at 

 bottom. Jj . w . S. Native of Java, about Kuripan, where it 

 is called Tjunkankan. Flowers white. Hypogynous scales 

 acute, distinct. Stamens inclosed. 



Dense-flowered Chonemorpha. Fl. March. Shrub cl. 



10 C. BANTAME'NSIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 1040. under Echites) 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, rather attenuated at the 

 base, glabrous, reticulately veined beneath, tomentose on the 

 midrib and veins beneath, as well as on the petioles and branch- 

 lets ; corymbs axillary and terminal, trichotomous, on long 

 peduncles ; corolla funnel-shaped, hairy. Ij . w . S. Native of 

 Java, among bushes, in the province of Bantam. E. ferruginea, 

 Horsfield, in Roam. Schultes, syst. 4. p. 796. Hypogynous 

 scales acuminated, distinct. Stamens inclosed. 



Bantam Chonemorpha. Fl. Feb. Shrub cl. 



11C. CORIA V CEA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1039. under Echites) leaves 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; corymbs axillary or terminal, 

 bifid or trifid ; pedicels usually 3 together ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, hairy inside. lj . w . S. Native of Java, in mountain 

 woods, where it is called Ojot-tjum-pol-kikis. Flowers small, 

 yellowish. Stamens inclosed. Hypogynous scales connate. 



Coriaceous-leaved Chonemorpha. Fl. year. Shrub cl. 



12 C. INFLA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1039. under Echites} leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 full of parallel reticulated veins ; corymbs axillary and terminal, 

 bifid or trifid ; pedicels 3 together ; corolla funnel-shaped : 

 having the tube widened and 5-angled downwards. Tj . v _ ; . S. 

 Native of Java, at the foot of Mount Tjerimai. Flowers white, 

 but the throat is yellow. Hypogynous scales roundish, distinct. 

 Nearly allied to E. reticulata, Roth., from which it differs 

 in the anthers being inclosed, and in the tube of the corolla 

 being 5-angled above. 



Inflated-fiovcered Chonemorpha. Fl. August. Shrub cl. 



13 C. ? CONVOLVULOIDES ; leaves sagittately cordate, acumin- 

 ated, glabrous, on long petioles ; racemes terminal and axillary, 

 4-5-flowered, on short angular, thick peduncles ; tube of corolla 

 very long. 1? . / ^ > . S. Native of Africa, in the island of St. 

 Thomas, on the banks of rivers. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 

 a naked throat, white. Anthers conniving into a cone. Lobes 

 at base of leaves distant. Follicles long. 



Convolvulus-like Chonemorpha. Shrub tw. 



Cult. See Echites above for culture and propagation. 



