ON SOrTH-AMEEICAN APOCTlSrACE^. 199 



16. EcHiTEs suBSESSiLis, A. DC. I. c. p. 451. InPeruvia: non 



A species near C. glandulosa, with glabrous branches ; leaves broadly elliptic, cordate, 

 acuminate, membranaceous, glabrous above, with 4-6 acutely subulate glands near the 

 sinus, puberulous below, with prominent nerves, 5 in. long, 3 in. broad, on thick petioles, 

 shorter than the basal lobes, which are thus somewhat amplexicaul ; raceme lateral, 

 as long as the leaves, glabrous, with alternate pedicels 6 lines long, each with a basal 

 bracteole half its length ; sepals obtusely ovate ; tube of corolla 8 lines long, 3 times 

 as long as the sepals, cylindrical, somewhat contracted below the middle; segments 

 ovate-oblong, half the length of the tube ; stamens seated in the contraction of the tube 

 on a pilose ring ; anthers obtusely bUobed at the base ; disk of 5 roundish, free lobes, 

 half as long as the 2 ovaries. 



17. EcHiTEs MONTANA, H. B. K. iii. 213; A. DC. I. c. p. 465. In Peruvia, circa Pasto : non't 



A climbing species, with hirsutulous branches ; axils with several not very prominent 

 interpetiolar glands; leaves elliptic-oblong, cordate, shortly acuminate, submembra- 

 naceous, green above, scabridly hirsutulous, with 3 or more subulate glands near the 

 base of the midrib, beneath softly cano-hirtulous, 21—21 in. long, 15-16 lines broad, on 

 channelled pubescent petioles 6 lines long ; raceme lateral, near 1 in. long, on a hirsute 

 peduncle 6 lines long, bearing upwards 4-8 flowers on pubescent pedicels 4-5 liaes long ; 

 bracteole small ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, hirsute at the base, 1^ line long ; corolla 

 salver-shaped, glabrous ; tube 7 lines long, constricted in the middle ; segments obliquely 

 ovate, roundish, erispate, rotate, yeUow above, whitish below ; stamens seated on a pilose 

 ring in the contraction of the tube ; anthers cohering, acuminate, obtusely bUobed at the 

 base ; disk of 5. short truncated lobes, shorter than the 2 oblong ovaries ; follicles slender, 

 terete, glabrous, fuscous, 7^ in. long, enclosing many comose seeds. 



18. EcHiTES LiTOREA, H. B. K. I. c. p. 312; A. DC. I. c. p. 448. In. ins. Cuba : non i 

 A climbing plant with umbellate flowers, as in the typical species ; it has slender, 



terete, glabrous branchlets, its axils furnished with many glabrous subulate glands in 

 the place of stipules ; opposite leaves oblong, rounded at both ends, with a short acute 

 mucronate point, submembranaceous, glabrous, green above, with parallel nerves and 

 much reticulated veins, paler beneath, 15-16 lines long, 7-8 lines broad, on channelled 

 petioles 1^ line long ; raceme lateral, on a glabrous peduncle ^-1 in. long, bearing on 

 its summit 2-5 subumbellate flowers on pedicels 4-6 lines long, bracteolate at their base; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate. If line long ; corolla salver-shaped ; tube constricted in. the 

 middle ; segments obliquely ovate, crenulate, one third the length of the tube ; stamens 

 inserted in the constriction of the tube ; disk of 5 roundish lobes, one third shorter than 

 the 2 oblong ovaries ; style slender ; clavuncle agglutinated to the connivent anthers. 



19. EcHiTES RiPAKiA, H. B. K. /. c. p. 314; A. DC. I. c. p. 466. In Nova Granada, fluv. Magdalena: 

 non vidi. 



A species closely allied to U. montana, with slender hirtellous branchlets, its axils 

 charged with many subulate, cUiate glands in lieu of stipules; leaves ovate-oblong, 



