64 ON THE APOCINEJE. 



Squama 5, hypogynae, basi connatae, apicibu s 



ciliatis. 

 Folliculi 



Habitus. Frutex volubilis, oppositifolius. Pe- 

 dunculi interpetiolares, dichotomi. Flores co- 

 rymb osi, suaveolentes. 



Patria. India Orientalis. 



Obs. This is the Flos Pergulanus of Rumphius, 

 which Linnaeus considered as the first species 

 of bis genus Pergularia : it does not, however, 

 belong to the same order with the plant that af- 

 forded his generic character, and to which the 

 name has been since generally applied. 



PARSONSIA. [Echitidis sp. J acq. et Swartz. 



Char. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce tuboque 

 esquamatis, limbo 5partito, recurvo, laciniis 

 aequilateris. 



Stamina exserta. Filament a medio v. juxta 

 basin tubi inserta, filiformia. Anthera sagit- 

 tate, medio stigmati cohaerentes, lobis posti- 

 cis polline destitutis. 



Ovaria 2, v. 1, biloculare. Stylus 1. Stigma 

 dilatatum. 



Squama 5, hypogynae, distinctae, v. connatae. 

 Folliculi 2, distincti, v. cohaerentes. 

 Habitus. Frutices volubiles. Folia opposita. 

 Flores cymosi, v. racemosi, racemis saepe com- 



