664 xcrv. apoctnace^. (J. D. Hooker.) lAganosma^ 



211. E. apoxys, Voifft HoH. iSui. Calc. 522. ? E. cristata. Roth Nov. PI. 135^ 

 F Chonemorpha cristata, O. Don I. c. 76. 



From SiLHET and Chittagong to ILllacca and Singapoee. — ^Distbib. Java,. 

 Sumatra, Fhilippine Islds. 



A stout seandent or subscandent shrub. Leaves 2-4 by f-lj in., coriaceous, hardj 

 polished above, dark broivn when dry; petiole J in. CyTnes chiefly axillary ; peduncle- 

 slender, 1-2 in. ; bracts deciduous ; flowers white. Corolla-tube ^ J in., slender ; 

 lobes twice as long, mouth glabrous, throat not dilated. Ovan/ glabrous. Follicles 

 6-18 by ^ in., straight or flexuous, cylindric. Seeds linear-oblong. 



Sect. II. IWeladenla, A. B.C. Calyx large; loliea long, ovate or lan- 

 ceolate. Ovary whoUy included in the tubular 5-lobed disc. 



2. A. caryopliyllata, O. Bon Gen. Syst. iv. 77 ; leaves ovate or elliptic 

 acute obtuse or acuminate glabrous or tomentose beneath, nerves 3 pairs very 

 oblique, cymes lax pubescent, sepals lineai^Ianceolate glandular vrithin, coroUa-- 

 lobes obliquely orbicular, ovary hairy at the tip, follicles 3-6 in. — A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 432 ; Dah. Sf Gibs. JBomh. Fl. 113 ; A. Blumei, Wight Ic. t. 1805, not of' 

 A. DC. Echites caryophyllata. Wall. Cat. 1651; Bot. Mag. t. 1919. ?E. 

 Heynei, Spreng. Syst. i. 632. E. dichotoma, Roth Nov. PI. 136. Chonemorpha 

 dichotoma, G. Don Gm. Syst. iv. 76 ; A. DC. I. c. 477. 



LowEE Bbngax ; Monghir, Hamilton ; common on rocks at Risikund, Wallich.^ 

 Dbccan Pbninstila, Heyne, &c. 



A large climber, stem very stout, shoots pubescent. Leaves 4-5 by 2-2J in.^ 

 coriaceous, base rounded acute or subcordate, nerves strong beneath and all running 

 towards the point ; petiole ^J-J in. Cymes terminal, lax, white-tomentose ; pedicels- 

 shorter than the calyx-lobes, which are hoary without. Corolla-tube and throat both 

 cylindiie, subequal ; limb \\ in. diam. Ovary pubescent ; style slender, top urceo- 

 late, stigma columnar, to the tip of which the anthers are attached. Follicles stout, 

 nearly J in. diam., pericarp thickly coriaoeons. Seeds (unripe) ovate-oblong, ^ in. 

 long, flat. — I have retained Roxburgh's specific name for this plant, because it is that 

 of his Herbarium, of Rottler's Herbarium, of the Botanical Magazine, of the Calcutta 

 Botanic Gardens, and of DeCandoUe'sProdromus ; but it is not the Echites caryophyllata 

 of Roxburgh's Flora, which is A. calycima, and is described as having subglobular 

 cymes ; nor of his drawing, repeated by Wight (Ic. t. 440), which agrees with his 

 description and represents the leaves as having many spreading veins and ovfite acuto 

 corolla-lobes and glabrous ovary. Nor have I quoted Eheede's figure (vii. t. 65) 

 which is referred to as E. caryophyllata in the Botanical Magazine ; nor Rheede's 

 "Kemetti Valli " (ix. t. 14, not 136 as quoted by Roxburgh), which Roxburgh cites 

 for his caryophyllata, as neither of these is a good representation of this or any other 

 plant, and they both differ totally from Roxburgh's and the Bot. Mag. figure and 

 description. Though evidently a commonly (cultivated ?) plant . in India, its only 

 presumably native habitat is the Monghir one given above ; its few red nerves and 

 rounded corolla -lobes at once distinguish it from its congeners. 



3. A. g'racilis, Hook. /. ; branches very slender, leaves elliptic oblong 

 acuminate membranous glabrous, nerves 8-10 pairs, very slender arching, cymes 

 terminal corymbose glabrate, peduncles and pedicels long slender, sepals 1^ in. 

 hoary eglandular, coroUa-tube f in., lobes IJ in. obliquely oblanceolate. 



SmKiM Htmat.aya, alt. 2-4000 ft.; J. D. H. Khasia Mts., alt. 1-3000 ft.; Lobh. 



A very beautiful and distinct species, at once distinguishable by the slender stem 

 and branches, membranous leaves, few-flowered spreading glabrous cymes, very long 

 sepals, and long narrow calyx-lobes. 



4. A. calycina, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 432 ; branches stout, leaves elliptic 

 or oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous, nerves 7-10 pairs arching slender, 

 cymes terminal lax densely rusty-tomentose, peduncle and pedicels stout, sepala 



