360 xci. apocynace.e. [Ecdysanthera. 
Follicles terete acuminate. Seeds few, elliptic, little contracted 
at tip with a ring of stiff hairs and a plume. Species 4 or 5, 
Indo-Malaya, China. 
Cymes terminal; branches rather stout . . (1) E. micrantha 
Cymes lateral; branches very slender . . . (2) E. multiflora 
(1) E. micrantha DC. Prodr. viii. 442; King, l.c, 482. 
Large climbing shrub. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 
blunt acuminate, 2 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles *3 to 
•5 in. long. Cymes puberulous, 5 in. long and wide, many-flowered, 
terminal. Calyx-lobes very small, ovate acute, pubescent. Corolla 
•05 in. long, lobes falcate; anthers blunt. Follicles 3 to 4 in. long, 
■75 in. wide, narrowed to tip. Seed elliptic lanceolate, 75 in. long, 
•25 in. wide, with a ring of tawny bristles and a white plume 1*5 
to 2’5 in. long. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Very rare. Distrib. 
India, China. 
(2) E. multiflora King and Gamble, l.c. 482. 
Large climber. Leaves ovate abruptly acuminate, base nar¬ 
rowed, rounded, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles -4 to 
•6 in. long. Cymes panicled lateral very lax puberulous; peduncles 
1 to 2-5 in. long; branches 2 in. long or less, slender branchlets 
numerous. Flowers very numerous, pale yellow. Calyx-lobes 
ovate acute. Corolla -06 in. long, lobes short. Anthers acuminate. 
Hab. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Very rare. 
24. CHONEMORPHA, G. Don. 
Large climbing shrubs with broad leaves. Flowers large white 
in lax terminal panicled cymes. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed with a 
ring of glands inside. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, lobes 
broad, twisted to left, overlapping to right. Stamens on throat 
of corolla, included; filaments villous; anthers sagittate, base 
short, spurred, connivent and adhering to stigma. Disc thick, 
5-lobed. Carpels distinct. Style filiform; stigma conoid. Follicles 
woody, triquetrous, large. Seeds ovoid or oblong beaked plumed. 
Species 6 or 7, Indo-Malaya. 
(1) C. penangensis Ridl. Agric. Bull. x. 147. C. macrophylla 
King, l.c. 483 in part, not of Don. 
Stems hairy. Leaves obovate, base round, tip short acuminate, 
hairy on both sides; nerves 10 pairs; 8 to 9 in. long, 6 to 7 in. 
wide; petioles *25 to *5 in. long. Peduncle 3 in. long, hairy. Cyme- 
branches 3 or more; flowers numerous. Calyx *25 in. long, tubular 
with 5 acute points, hairy. Corolla-tube i in. long, base narrow 
then abruptly dilate, hairy as are backs of lobes, lobes spathulate, 
1 in. long. Hab. Edges of forests. Pahang, Kota Tongkat 
(Evans). Malacca, Brisu (Derry). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Temengoh. Penang, Balik Pulau (Curtis). Native name: Akar 
Gegrip Merah. A very handsome climber. 
