■^2^ SOUTH-AMERICAN APOCTNACE^. ,17,5 



.drical and constricted below the middle, funnel-shaped above; segments trapezoid; 

 stamens inserted in the constriction of the tube, with connivent anthers ; disk vasiform, 

 finely denticulate on the margin, striolate, fleshy, and concealing the 2 subulate ovaries. 



4. Angadenia Cururu, nob. : Echites CwrMra, Mart. PI. Med. tab. 64; Stadelm. Bot. Zeit. 1841, p. 78 j 



A. DC. /. jC. p. 470 : Anisolobus Cururu, Miill. I. c. p. 112, tab. 34 (excl. var.) : Anisolobus Kappleri, 

 Miq. Stirp. Surin. p. 159. In Amazonas, Rio Coari, Ega et Rio Negro : non vidi. 



A species from the same region as the preceding, to which it is nearly allied. Miiller's 

 drawing is copied from that of Martins above cited ; and it is stated to be near A. Amazo- 

 nica in its leaves and inflorescence. Ifs stoutish branches are trichotomously or oppositely 

 divided, fuscous, verruculous, with axils 2-2f in. apart ; leaves elliptic, subacute at jbotlj. 

 ends, or with a suddenly contracted, short, obtuse acumen, subcoriaceous, fuscous above, 

 glabrous, subnitid, with about 10 pairs of diverging nerves and finely reticulated veins^ 

 paler beneath, 3f-4f in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, on petioles 3-7 lines long ; panicles opposite^ 

 axillary, longer than the leaves, on a bare peduncle 2 in. long, erect, above trichotompusJ.y 

 branched, each branch bearing about 6 flowers on bracteolate pedicels 5-6 lines long; 

 sepals small, ovate, acute, pubescent, thickish, imbricate, 2 lines long, each with a small 

 inner, bidentate scale; tube of corolla subglabrous, 14 lines long, narrowly cylindripalat its 

 base for one third of its length, widening a little above ; segments trapezoidally dolabri- 

 form, with crispate margins, 9 lines long, 6 lines broad ; stamens seated in the contractipn 

 of the tube ; anthers acuminate, with 2 shortish, acute, subdivergent, basal prongs, hirtu- 

 lous dorsally ; disk urceolate, enclosing the 2 somewhat shorter, acutely ovate, glabrous 

 ovaries. 



5. Angadenia grandifolia, nob. : Echites Cururu, var. grandifolia, Stadelm. I. c. p. 78 ; A. DC. /. c. p. 



470 : Anisolobus Cururu, var. grandifolius, Miill. /. c. p. 113. In Amazonas, Rio Solimoes: non vidi. 



A species differing from, the preceding in the unusual size of its leaves, which are more 

 oblong, 7;j— 10 in. long, 3^-4 in. broad; tlie inflorescence is 5 in. long; other particulars 

 are not given. It seems to differ little from the Anisolobus Perotietii, Miill. (non A. DC). 



6. Angadenia Amazonica, nob. : Echites Amazonica, Stadelm. Bot. Zeit. 1841, p. 50 ; A. DC. I. c. p. 464 : 



Echites bicornis. Spruce, MSS. : Echites verrucosa, R. & S. Syst. iv. 795 : Anisolobus Amazonicus, 

 Miill. /. c. p. 114. In Amazonas, ad Panure Rio Uabupes (Spruce 2503) : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Rio Guainia (Spruce 3550) . 



A species scarcely differing from.^. Cururu. Its branches are more slender, brownish, 

 striolate, glabrous, subverrucose, with axil^s If in. apart, having a short stipule on each 

 side of the petioles ; leaves elliptic, narrower towards the base, roundish at the summit, 

 and suddenly constricted into an acute acumen, opakely fuscous above, with 10 or 

 12 pairs of divergent nerves, and transverse veins finely reticulate, yellowish opake 

 beneath, with reddish prominent midrib and nerves, 4|-5J in. long, 1|—2J in. broad, on 

 petioles 4-5 lines long ; panicles opposite or subterminal, pubescent, on a naked peduncle 

 1\^ in. long, bearing several branches 4-6 lines long, supporting several subapproximate 

 flowers on pubescent pedicels 6 lines long, with minute ovate bracteoles ; sepals obtusely 

 oblong, with submembranaceous margins, 1^ line long, f line broad ; tube of corolla 15 



