414 APOCYNEiE. 



sixth as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla orange-coloured : tube cylindrical, slighiily enlarged 

 from the middle, twice as long as the lobes ; anthers oMonrj, blunt, mucronate, cordate at 

 '•' the base, glabrous ; fofficles torulose.— E. hirteUa, Ktk in PI. ScUede! E. microcalyx, 

 ^.i)C./(Aniblyanthera,,/.JI/M«.)-— Leaves 2"-l"(-3"), calyx li'", corolla-tube 9'"-12"' 

 long.— Hab. Trinidad!, iocM.,Pi;^.,-5se5. Tr. 92, on dry banks and in hedges; [Mexico! 

 to Venezuela and Peru !]. 



*** Anthers rigid, tapering from the hastate or cordate base: point acuminate. 



36. E. Brownei, /. Mull. Glabrous ; leaves small, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, pointed ; 

 cymes corymbifonn : pedicels few, inferior single ; calyx-segments glandular, devoid of an 

 interior scale, lanceolate-linear, recurved, one-third as . long as the corolla-tube ; coroHa- 

 tube cylindrical, slightly enlarged at the middle, scarcely longer than the obliquely appendi- 

 culate lobes ; anthers small, picuminate from the cordate base, glabrous ; follicles linear, 

 torulose. — Br. Jam. t. 16./. 2. — E. torulosa, L. {exclus. syn. Jacq.). — Leaves l"-2", calyx 

 li'", corolla-tube 4'", seeds 4'" long : coma white. — HAB.-Jamaica I, all coU., in arid places ; 

 [Haiti ! ; Venezuela!]. 



37. E. repens, Jacq. Glabrous, trailing or prostrate ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, simply arch-veined : arches juxtamarginal ; cymes few-flowered : pe- 

 dicels geminate ; calyx-segments glandular, devoid of an interior scale, ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed, one-eighth to one-tenth as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla rosy : tube cylindrical, 

 abruptly enlarged above the middle, twice to thrice as long as the obversely deltoid lobes ; 

 anthers rigid, acuminate from the hastate base, glabrous ; follicles " torulose." — Jacq. 

 Am^r. Pict. t. 35. Desc. PI. S! t. 192.— Leaves l"-3", calyx 1'", corolla-tube 9"' long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica!, M'Nab ; [Haiti!]. 



38. E. circinalis, Sw. {non J. Miill.). Glabrous ; leaves elliptical-oblong, bluntly 

 pointleted : veins costate, prominent beneath ; cymes many-flowered, corymbiform ; calyx- 

 segments glandular, devoid of an interior scale, ovate, bluntish, one-fourth as long as the 

 corolla-tube ; corolla white: tube cyhndrical, abruptly enlarged near the summit, twice as 

 long as the oblong undulate lobes ; anthers acuminate from the hastate base, glabrous. — E. 

 adglutinata, Jacq. {Amer. Pict. t. 30), of which it is perhaps a variety, has mucronate blunt 

 leaves, and longer corolla-lobes.— Leaves 6"-3", calyx 1'", corolla-tube 4'" long. — Hab. S. 

 Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti I]. 



/' 39. B. umbellata, /ac^'. Glabrous; leaves ovate or ovate-roundish, mucronate, reti- 

 culated-archveined : arches juxtamarginal ; cymes axillary, ■umbelliform, peduncled ; calyx- 

 segments glandular, devoid of an interior scale, subulate, one-eighth to one-twelfth as long as 

 the corolla-tube; corolla greenish-white : tube cylindrical, enlarged below the middle, ta- 

 pering again above, thrice as long as the stamens and 3-4 times as long as the obliqudy 

 obovate lobes j disk 5-lobed ; anthers rigid, acuminate from the hastate base, glabrous : 

 appendages and point somewhat bluntish; follicles compressed-cylindrical. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 29. SI. t. 131./. 2. Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 58- w/— Leaves 4"-li", calyx IV", co- 

 rolla-tube 14"'-18"', follicles 6" long.— Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) ; Jamaica !, Macf, Wtill- 

 schl., March ; [Cuba !, Haiti !, Portorico !]. 



Sect. 2. Syneohites. — CoroUa-tube infundibular above a cylikdrical base, hispid within 

 below the stamens. Anthers oblong, bluntish, cordate at the base. Follicles " united 

 at the summit before expansion " (Benth.J : seeds of Euechites.— Climbers ; cymes spici- 

 fonn. 



40. E. symphytocarpa, Mey. I Branches pubescent ; leaves oblong, mucronate, cor- 

 date with a narrow sinus at the base, pubescent beneath or nearly glabrous, archveined ; 

 pedicels alternate, exceeded by the lanceolate bract ; calyx-segments furnished with a short 

 interior scale, subulate, much shorter than the narrow part of the corolla ; corolla yellow : 

 tube enlarged from or above the middle ; anthers cordate, oblong, glabrous ; follicles toru- 

 lose.— E. brachystachya et rugosa, Benih. E. versicolor (Amblyanthera, /. Mull.) E. 

 tenuicanlis, Sladelm. — AUied to E. tomentosa, V. (lo. t. 4. : syu. IS. lasiooarpa, Stadelm., 

 Seem. Panam. !), which has a much longer calyx. Very variable in the down, the form of . 

 the leaves, and the size of the flowers. Leaves 5"-2''', calyx IV", corolla-tube 14''-2" long. — 

 Hab. Trinidad I, Pd., Or., at Irais; [Guiana! to Brazil!]. 



