ON SOTJTH-AMEEICAN APOOTNACEJ:. 201 



memlDranaceous, subpubescent above, witb many glands on the midrib, scabridly pubes- 

 cent beneath, 2 in. long, 10-12 lines broad, on petioles 2 lines long ; raceme lateral, 

 tomentous, longer than the leaves, bearing many alternate flowers on pedicels 2 lines 

 long ; sepals ovate, subulate, gibbous at the base, glabrous, with an inner basal acutely 

 ovate scale ; tube of corolla 9 lines long, subcylindrical, hirsute ; segments oblong- 

 ovate, shorter than the tube ; anthers obtusely subbilobed at the base ; disk of 5 obtuse 

 lobes, a little shorter than the two glabrous ovaries. 



23. EcHiTES Mansoana, a. DC. I. c. p. 448 : Mesechites sulphurea, Miill. I. c. p. 151, tab. 46 (excl. syn. 

 Velloz) . In Cuyaba et Matto Grosso : non vidi. 



As stated elsewhere, this is a species certainly different from the Echites sulphurea. 

 It is a climber, with slender terete branches, their axils being 4|-5f in. apart ; leaves 

 oblong, obtuse at the base, roundish, with a short obtuse acumen, coriaceous, margins 

 revolute, spreading nerves and veins scarcely visible, having a broad gland divided into 

 4 or 6 obtuse lobes at the base of the midrib, 3-4 in. long, 10-18 lines broad, on petioles 

 4-5 lines long ; raceme lateral, shorter than the leaves, subcapitate, on a peduncle 6 lines 

 long, divided at the apex into two branches, each beariug many approximate flowers, 

 on twisted pedicels 3-5 lines long, supported by short acutely oval bractlets ; sepals 

 obtusely elliptic, ciliolate, 2^ lines long, each with an internal tridentate scale ; tube of 

 corolla 8 lines long, contracted in the middle ; segments roundish, 3 lines long and broad, 

 dextrorsely convolute ; stamens seated in the contraction of the tube ; anthers linear, 

 with a short incurved apex, shortly and obtusely 2-lobed at the base ; disk of 5 obtusely 

 ovoid lobes as long as the ovaries ; style filiform ; clavuncle incrassate, oblong, with a 

 basal membranaceous appendage. 



24. Echites Vauthieri, A. DC. I. c. p. 457 : Echites coalita, Miill. (uon Veil.) I. c. p. 155, tab. 50. fig. 4 



(semen) : Echites sulphurea, Veil. Fl. Flum. p. 109, Icon. iii. tab. 26 : Mesechites sulphurea, MiiU. 

 in parte, I. c. p. 151. In prov. Rio de Janeiro, in montib. Organ. (Vauthier 78) ; Velloz : v. s. in 

 herb. Mus. Brit. prov. Rio de Janeiro (Bowie et Cunningham, in fructu) . 



A climbing species with slender, terete, twice trichotomous branches, with axils 2-4 in. 

 apart; leaves lanceolate-oblong, subacute at the base, acutely acuminate, mucronate, 

 sub coriaceous, with revolute margins, pale green above, finely corrugulate, with about 

 6 pairs of divergent subimmersed nerves, charged beneath with several ovate-oblong and 

 subulate fleshy glands, yellowish opake beneath, nerves scarcely visible, 2|^-3^ in. 

 long, |-1|- in. broad, on petioles 2-3 lines long ; racemes axillary, 2 in. long, on a bare 

 peduncle 3 lines long, bearing about 7 subapproximate flowers on pedicels 3-6 lines long, 

 supported by short lanceolate bracteoles ; sepals oblong-acute, 3 lines long, gibbous at 

 the base, with an inner ovate denticulate scale ; corolla yellow ; tube cylindrical, 6 lines 

 long ; segments obovate, inequilateral, 3 lines long ; stamens seated on a pilose ring in 

 the middle of the tube ; disk of 5 obtuse lobes, somewhat conjoined at the base, shorter 

 than the ovaries ; follicles 2, on a short stout peduncle, horizontally spreading, cylin- 

 drical, subobtuse at the base, straight, fuscous, striolate, 5| in. long, 4 lines broad below 

 the middle, tapering upwards to a breadth of 2 lines at the rounded apex ; seeds many, 



2d 



