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ovate-oblong, bluntish ; crown short, crennlate. — Habit of 6. unduUtm, R. Br., nearly 

 allied to the preceding, but a shrubby climber; leaves 3"-a", petiole 4"'-3"'long; corymbs 

 5-10-flowered ; corolla veiny, 4'" diam., reflexed.— Hab. Jamaica!, Ah, S. Anns, near 



11. IBATIA, Decs. 



Ca/y« 5 -partite. Corolla, rotate, 5-partite, slightly contorted: crown scutellate, 15- 

 creuate, inserted into the short column. Anthers transversely dehiscent : pollinaria ovoid- 

 oblong, parallel to the oblong gland, tailed at the middle : tail short, transverse, inserted 

 into the base of the gland. Stigma flat, with a central, long, subuliform point. Follicles 

 ventricose : seeds comose. — Densely pubescent climbers ; leaves cordate; &owey:s fascicled. 



22. I. luuricata, Gr. Leaves cordate-deltoid, cuspidate, hispidulous above, hoary- 

 tomentose beneath ; fascicles much exceeded by the petiole ; corolla pubescent : segments 

 ovate, blunt ; stigma sudentire at the thickened point ; foUicles ovate, echinate, glabrescent. — 

 Bot. Beg. t. 931 ; Desc. Fl. 3. t. 189.— Bchites, A. DC. Gonolobus maritimus, Bot. Reg. 

 {noK Cvnanchum, Jacq.). G. floccosus, Wickstr. 3. msniima.. Bees.! ex parte. —'PeiieAs 

 2"'-3"', follicles 3" long ; coroUa 3'" diam.— Hab. Antigua !, WuUschl., Dominica !, Imr. ; 

 [Guadeloupe ! ; Venezuela !]. 



12. FISCHEKIA, BO. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite, contorted : crown annular, simple,j)r " double,'" 

 inserted into the base of the column. J Kttew transversely dehiscent, produced into adorsal, 

 ileshy appendage : poUinaria obovate, horizontal. Stigma depressed. Follicles " ventri- 

 cose." — Climbers ; flowers in peduncled corymbs : corolla usually crisped at the margin. 



23. P. scandens, BC. Branches velvety ; leaves ovate, mucronate, minutely cordate 

 at the base with superincumbent auricles, slightly hairy above, velvety beneath ; corymbs 

 many-flowered : peduncle equalling the leaf; calyx-segments ovate, pointed, half as long as 

 the corolla ; corolla-segments ovate, bluntish, pubescent, crisped ; crown simple, subentire ; 

 appendages of lihe anthers obovoid. — Beless. Ic. 5. t. 77. — Cynanchum crispiflorum, Sw. 

 (Gonolobus, iJ. ^j-.).— Leaves 6"-3", petiole lS"'-6"' long; corolla 6"' diam.; pollinaria 

 tailed, opaque nearly to the base of the fail. — Hab. Jamaica I, all coll., among shrubs ; 

 [Cuba!]. 



24. P. multiflora^ Bees. Branches hispid; leaves elliptical, pointleted, minutely 

 cordate at the base with^ a narrow sinus, velvety-pubescent ; corymbs many-flowered : pe- 

 duncle exceeding the leaf; calyx-segments lanceolate-linear, exceeded by the corolla; 

 corolla-segments ovate-oblong, bluntish, internally pilose, crisped; appendages of the 

 anthers obovoid. — -Leaves 4"-3", petiole 1" long ; corolla 8'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., 

 Cr., rare in woods, Arima ; [Brazil]. 



25. P. cincta, Gr. (n. sp.). Branches sparingly pilose; leaves lanceolate-elliptical, 

 pointleted, callous, at the tapering base, revolute at the margin, glabrescent with scattered 

 hairs above : under side pale, pilose on the midrib and the costate distant veins ; peduncles 

 2-1-flpwered, exceeding the petiole ; calyx-segments lauceolate, half as long as the corolla ; 

 corolla-segments ovate-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, furnished toith a 'prominent, tomentose 

 ring around the throat, slightly crisped near i;lie top ; anthers obliquely transverse, as long 

 as their oblong, blunt, flattish appendage. — Imperfectly known from a single incomplete 

 specimen. Leaves 2V-2" long, 10'" broad ; petiole 5"'-6"', bifid peduncle 1'' long ; coroUa 

 reflexed : segments 4"'-5"' long ; poUinaria horizontal, clavate, pellucid nearly to the middle, 

 subsessile, inserted into the contracted minute base of a deltoid gland ; stigma flat. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Migson. 



13. MACROSCEPIS, Kth. 



" Calyx 5-pai-tite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite, contorted : crown 5-leaved. Anthers of 

 Gonolobus : pollinaria clavate-oblong, horizontal, jubsessile, laterally inserted into the- 

 gland. Sifjy»z« depressed. — Hispid climbers ; peduncles short, f ew-flowered ; coroUa scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx'' , i 



26. M. obovata, iTifA. " Leaves obovate, pointleted, minutely cordate at the base with J 

 a narrow sinus ; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate." — Kth. If. Gen. t. 333. — 



