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APOCINE.E. 

 Sect. I. SEMINA COMOSA. 



A. Coma ad extremitatem iimbilicalem (superi- 

 or em) seminis. 



ECHITES. [Brown. Echitides plerasq. Jacq. 



Echitidis species, Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque 

 esquamatis. Laciniis limbi 5partiti inaequila- 

 teris. 



Stamina inclusa. Anthercs sagittatae, medio stig- 

 mati cohaerentes, lobis posticis polline vacuis. 



Ovaria i. Stylus i, fUiforaiis. 



Squama 5 hypogynae. 



Folliculi graciles. 

 Habitus. Frutices volubiies. Folia opposita, 



ciliis interpetiolaribus glandulosis. Pedunculi 



iaterpetiolares, inultiflori. Flores utplurimum 



speciosi, albi, lutei et purpurei. 

 Patria. America meridionalis. 



Obs. Of Echites I have only examined E, umheU 

 lata, the original species when the species was 

 establishsd by Brown in his " History of Ja- 



