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concave glands at the base of the midrib ; raceme lateral, short, or longer, with twisted 

 pedicels 3 times as long as the calyx; sepals ovate, somewhat acute, ciliolate; tube 

 of corolla cylindrical, somewhat funnel-shaped in the mouth, with shortish segments ; 

 follicles terete, subcurving, 3 in. long ; seeds with a yellowish coma. 



34. EcHiTES VENENOSA, Stadclm. Bot. Zeit. 1841, p. 66 j A. DC. /. c. p. 470. In Brasilia, prov. Bahia : 



non vidi. 



A pubescent shrub, with broadly ovate leaves, rounded at the base, shortly cuspidate, 

 with membranaceous ciliate margins, glaucous green above, velvety hirsute, with about 

 20 pairs of nerves, furnished near the base with several stipuliform glands, 2^ in. long, 

 15-20 lines broad, on petioles 1^ line long ; peduncle terminal, sub-2-flowered, on pedicels 

 4-5 lines long, with a pubescent bract of the same length, cristate along the middle ; 

 sepals' lanceolate, membranaceous, 4-5 lines long, ciliate above, with an inner bifid 

 scale ; corolla large, rose-coloured ; tube contracted in the middle, funnel-shaped above ; 

 segments inequilateral, broadly obovate, subacute ; stamens inserted in the middle of the 

 tube ; disk of 5 trapezoidal lobes, half as long as the 2 ovate-oblong ovaries. The plant 

 is poisonous to cattle. 



35. EcHiTES JAPURENsis, Stadelm. I. c. p. 19 j A. DC. I. c. p. 454: Mesechites Japurensis, Miill. I. c. 

 p. 152. Inter fluv. Japure et Negro^ in syMs : non vidi. 



A cHiijbing species, with slender, glabrous, flexuose branches and remote axils ; leaves 

 broadly ovate or oblong, narrowed and obtuse at the base, cuspidately acuminate, sub- 

 coriaceous, with a single gland at the base of the midrib, 4-4^ in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, 

 on petioles 3-4 lines long ; raceme terminal, subsessUe, bearing many flowers on minutely 

 bracteolate pedicels, 3-4 lines long; sepals obtusely oblong, as long as the pedicels, 

 with 2 inner trapezoidal crenato- dentate scales 1 line long; tube of corolla 1 in. long; 

 segments obovate ; stamens inserted in the middle on the contraction of the tube ; disk 

 of 5 lobes, half as long as the 2 oblong puberulous ovaries. 



36. EcHiTES Mexicana, nob. : Amhlyanthera Mexicana, Miill. Linn. xxx. p. 424. In Mexico,, prope Vic- 

 toria (Karwinsky 9) : non vidi. 



This species is placed in this genus, as it is said by Miiller to be close to K microcalyx 

 and K Andina ; but no mention is made of any glands upon the leaves or axils. It is 

 suffrutricose, with suberect branches, and very slender, flagelliform branchlets; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, narrowed and subcordate at the base, subacuminate, membranaceous, 

 puberulous or glabrous, with 4-5 pairs of nerves, and others shorter and intermediate, 

 reticulately veined, midrib flattened, l|-2 in. long, 9|-10| lines broad, on petioles 2J 

 lines long ; raceme lateral, 2 in. long, on a slender peduncle 5-7^ lines long, bearing 

 many flowers on slender pedicels 4^-5 lines long, supported by linear-lanceolate bracteoles 

 li_l| line long ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subrecurvingly spreading at the apex, 

 as long as the pedicels, with 4-6 inner subulate scales ; tube of corolla narrowly cylin- 

 drical for one third of its length, swelling above ; segments narrow, obliquely obovate; 

 stamens seated on the contraction of the tube ; anthers glabrous j disk of 5 lobes, as 

 long as the 2 obtusely ovoid glabrous ovaries. 



