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QfUolat* : anthers sybsessile, sagittate, inserted ^ovf ^e, tiift^g&i, 

 of thjB tube, tgrniiiia^d Ijjf a point : nectary cup-flh^ped, ^tifiB, 

 waved above : ovaries two : style short : stigma ovoid-acvfte, sur- 

 rounded at thfr base by a reflexed membrane, 2-lobed. aiii the apex : 

 follicles attenuated 4ifoBi an oyoid; :^!S,e,. sppiewtiat woody, polished : 

 seeds obovate^ compressed, attenuated, above into, a neck, comose, 

 albuminous: embryo axiie : cotyl«dptts- oyite, 'suhcopdate : cy'meg 

 axillary and terminal,, trichotomousi pan jeled : flow^prj veiiy awflser-. 

 pwSj^njall. 



(1) A. BANICULATUM. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. YIII. p. 423, 



Syn. Echites paniculata, Roxb, fior. Ihdi. U. p. 17. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. SS6. 



Spec. Ci^R.' Large" cUmbmg shnib, glabrous : leaves opposite,^ 

 entire, obtutsel^ cuspidate, coriaceous : cyjn^s axJHarj. and, termi- 

 nal, trichotomous, panTcled • flowers "Vety numerous, "Small, pale- 

 ^e^W'^ jr<>lli^les aUeoiM^^d iip'n;ai:^s^from. an ovoid baj^, soine.iyhat 

 *oody, smooth, 4 inches long, 



Very comifton onthieCttiauts, SiUjet.. F^wering. inMarclvaniH 

 ApriJ. 



&ENUS XXrV. ECH'ITES. 

 Pentaitdrta! monjo^rnffi. Sex .• Sifsti 



Deriv. From -Echis, a yiper ; alluding to. the smooth twiuing 

 shoots. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 'Srpartite, lobes, with glands or scales: 

 corolla s^lyer-shaped, tube cyli);id"''>' ,s9P^M>??f? fuipiVfl- shaped at 

 the apex only, usually hJspiiTwithin'abbye the ijiseftaon of the ha- 

 rdens : aiders inserted whe)i;e-^he -tube of the «broilla is brpader, 

 subsesisdle, sagittate : netjtaiy o£i5 glands alter^ating^T^i^, the. ^aly-. 

 «ine:lobes,i&ee.0r ]»ore or less connate, s<>;qfietiin#s 2 or 3 cctm^^e, 

 the others distinct : ovaries t^o : ovules nun>erous :,;stigii()%,f;apjU:af^, 

 ovoid, surrounded at the base with. , an. entire ^ibrella-shaped, 

 reflexed membrane, simple or 2-Iobed at the apei'v folliclfes ' two, 

 long, cylindric or torulose, coriaceous : seeds linear-oblong, keel- 

 ed below, comose above : albumen s^ari^g : esfibryo axi}e : coty- 

 ledons smooth : radicle superior. 



(I) E, Ma^abarica. (Lcm.) 



Id/ent. Lam,^ict. 11. p. S42.--fDec. prod. VITI. p, 477. 



Engrav. , Rheede Ital. IX. t. 12, 



-Srsc. .CflfB. Cliaibing ; leases opposite, entire, elU^tjfi,, obt.^ 



