Anodendron.] APOCYNACEZ. 679 
with bearded longitudinal bands behind the anthers; lobes lanceo- 
late, linear-oblong, or rounded, overlapping to the right and almost 
straight in bud. Stamens adnate to base of throat, included; 
anthers sagittate, rigid, ccoibtette above and adnate to stigma; 
cells spurred at the base. Disk 5-lobed, cupular.. Carpels 2, 
distinct, tips hirsute rarely glabrous, each many- oe style 
short, apex urceolate, truncate; stigma columnar. Fruit of 2 
short or long, terete, straight or curved, linear follicles. “i 
ovate or linear-oblong, flattened, glabrous; coma deciduous ; 
albumen scanty; cotyledons oblong. 
Leaves with strong nerves beneath, interarching within the margin; 
ovary glabrous, half-sunk in the disk ..............sssccssscoseeeeeee marginata, 
Leaves with very oblique nerves i pairs), not interarching; ovary 
pubescent, wholly included in the dis caryophyllata 
1227. ne MARGINATA G. Don; F. B. I. iii. 663; E 
587. Echites marginata ¥. I. ii. 15. E. acuminata 
a 
poe 
A Scat eandcke or subseandent shrub. 
1228. ~ CARYOPHYLLATA G. Don.; F. B. I. iii. 664; E. D. 
584, 
Pe har. 
A large climber. Vernac. Malati, gandho-mialati. 
562. Anodendron A. DC. 
Glabrous, climbing shrubs; leaves opposite; nerves distant, 
arched. Flowers in axillary, or axillary and te — slender, 
paniculate, spreading cymes. Sepals connate in a 5-cleft calyx; 
tube without glands; lobes obtuse. Petals 5, connate in a salver- 
shaped corolla; throat con ee lobes overlapping to the right, 
twisted to the left. Stamens adnate below the middle of the 
corolla- tube; anthers sagi a, connivent round and adnate to 
a; cells shortly spurred at base. Disk cupshaped. Carpels 
2, distinct, sunk in the disk and dorsally adnate to it oe weg se 
each many-ovuled ; style very short, apex cupular a thi 
conic. Fruit of 2 diverging, acuminate, hard ee beds 
ovoid or oblong, compressed, beaked, tipped with a long coma. 
1229. ANoDENDRoN panicuLatum A. DC.; F. B. 1. iii. 668; 
E.D. A.1141. Echites paniculata F. I. ii. 17. ae 
Chittagong. 
An immense climber. 
