•662 xciv. APOCTNACEa;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ohonemo7-pha. 



Branches glabrous, puberulons, or pubescent, soft, stout. Leaves 6-18 by 5-18 in., 

 ovate elliptic obovate or orbicular, acute or cuspidate, base acute rounded or cordate, 

 glabrous pubescent or tomentose beneath; nerves 10-12 pairs; petiole ^2 in., stout 

 or slender. Cymes on long or short' stout pedicels ; bracts ovate, acute. Calyx |— J 

 in., coriaceous, terete, base truncate ; lobes rounded or subacute. Corolla ■white, 

 2-3 in. diam., lobes ^J in. diam. ; mouth glabrous, throat with 5 villous bands 

 within. Stamens ^ in. Follicles 12-18 by f-1 in. Seeds f in. 



2. C. Griffitbli, Sook.f.; calyx 6-partite. 



SiKKiM Himalaya and Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., Griffith, &e. 



Branches often hispid. Leaves smaller than in C. macrophylla. Flowers quite as 

 large, but differing so much in the calyx as to suggest its belonging to a different genus. 

 Fruit unknown. 



DOUBTFDI. SPECIES. 



C. MALABAEicA, ff. Son Gen. Syst. iv. 76 {excl. syn. E. Pala). Echites malabarica, 

 Lamk. Diet. ii. 342 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. i77.— Pal. Valer, Eheede Hort. Mai. ix. 1. 12. 



C. VESTiTA, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76. Echites vestita, Roem ^ Sch. iv. 394 ; 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 477. E. tomentosa. Both Nov. Sp. 137, non Vahl. — This is possibly 

 Wrightia tomentosa. 



31. ECDYSANTKESA, Hook, et Am. 



OlimWiig glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, acuminate, nerves distant. 

 Flmoers minute, in terminal trichotomous panicled cymes. Calyx small, 5- 

 partite, glandular or not within. Corolla suburceolate, throat naked, lobes very 

 short, obtuse, overlapping to the right. Statnens at the base of the coroUa ; 

 anthers sagittate, conniving over and adhering to the stigma, cells spurred at 

 the base. Disc annulaj. Carpels 2, distinct, longer than the disc, many-ovuled, 

 hairy; style short, top large cupular, stigma obpyriform. Follicles spreading, 

 terete, acuminate. Seeds few, oblong or linear, compresssd, tip narrowed with 

 a long coma and a short persistent ring of hairs, albumen scanty ; cotyledons 

 thin, radicle short superior. — Distrib. Species 4 or 6, Malayan and Chinese. 



a. micrantlia, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 442 ; leaves glabrous ovate- lanceolate 

 ohtusely acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, cymes long-peduncled glabrous or puberu- 

 lons. E. brachiata, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 443; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 189. Echites 

 ? micrantha and brachiata, Wall. Cat: 1667, 1668. 



SiKKiM HniAiAYA (alt. 3-5000 ft.), Assam, Suhet, Khasia Mts. (alt. 2-4000 ft.), 

 Cacbab, Ava Hills, Kurz. 



A very tall climber ; branches slender, pendulous, pustular, ultimate sometimes 

 puberulous. Leaves 2-7 by 1-2 in., thinly coriaceous ; nerves very oblique, slender; 

 petiole^Jin. Cymes brachiate; bracts minute ; flowers^toiin. long; pedicels slender 

 or short. Calyx not half the length of the corolla, segments ovate. Corolla glabrous 

 -within and -without, lobes falcate, spreading. Anthers obtuse. Follicles 3-4 in., | in. 

 broad near the base, horizontal, slightly incurved, narro-wed from above the base to 

 the point, thickly coriaceous with a shining crustaceous endocarp. Seeds | in. long, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, compressed, pubescent, bearded at the constricted tip, coma three 

 times as long. 



32. BAXSSEA, A. DC. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite ; nerves distant, straight. Flowers small, 

 in dense or lax axillary or terminal panicled or corymbose cymes. Calyx small, 

 5-partite, glandular or not -within ; segments obtuse. Ccrrdla salver-shaped, 

 lobes overlapping to the right, not twisted (in the Indian species). Stamens 

 below the middle of the coroUa ; anthers sagittate, conniving over the stigma 

 and adhering to it, cells shortly spurred at the base. Disc cup-shaped. Carpels 

 2, distinct, sunk in the disc, many-ovuled ; style short, top cup-shaped, stigma 



