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, (1) A. CARYOPHYLLATA. (G. Don.) 



Ment. Dec. prod. VIII, p. 432. 



Syn. Echites caryophyllata, Roxh. fior. Ind. II. p. 11.— A. 

 Koxburghii, G. Den. IV. p. 71. 



JSngrav. Rheede Mai. 9. t. 14. — Wight's Icon. t. 440. 



Spec. Char. Climbing; leaves elliptic, sharply acuminated, 

 or obtuse: cymes nearly equalling the leaf: bracts lanceolatet 

 white-puberulous at the back, calycine lobes linear-lanceolate, 

 whitish pubescent outside : flowers white, very fragrant. 



Hilly parts of India near Monghyr. 



(2) A. elegans. {G. Don.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 433.— Don. Syst. IV. p. 77. 



Syn. Echites elegans, Wall. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1304. 



SfEc. Char. Erect ramous shrub : leaves obovate^elliptic, acute, 

 'cuspidate, subacute at the base, glabrous : cymes shorter than the 

 leaves : flowers crowded : bracts lanceolate acuminate, the length 

 of the pedicel : pedicels and flowers externally whitish-pilose : lobes 

 of the calyx as long as the pedicels, long- lanceolate, about the 

 length of the tube of the corolla : floorers palC'^yellow. 



CourtaUum. Foot of the Neilghetries. MaTabar. 



(3) A. Blumii. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 433. 



Sgn. Echites caiyophyllati^ Blume. 



Engrav. Eheede Mai. VII. t. 55.— Wight's Icon, t. 1305. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oval, acutish at both ends, beneath and 

 the ramuli pubescent : corymbs terminar, spreading, lobes of the 

 c^lyx as long as the tube of the corolla. 



Balaghaut mountains near Madras. 



(4) A. «YMosA. (G.Don.) 

 Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p, 433. 



&gn. Echites cymosa, Roxh. fior. Ind. II. «. 16. — E. confeita. 

 WaU. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 395. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby,- hairy: leaves elliptic, acuminated: 

 cymes terminal, shorter than the leaver, segments of the corolla' 

 cblique-ensiform : nectary cup-shaped, 5-toothed ; flowers snlall, 

 white, calyx and corolla hoary outside, 



Silhet. 



