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��Sect. I. SEMINA COMOSA.

A. Coma ad extremitatem umbilicalem {superior ein) seminis.

ECHITES. [Brown. Echitides pleraq. Jacq.

Echitidis species, Linn.

Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque esqua- raatis. Laciniis limbi 5partiti insequilateris.

Stamina inclusa. Anthera sagittatse, medio stigmati cohserentes, lobis posticis polline vacuis.

Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, filiformis.

Squama 5 hypogynse.

Folliculi graciles.

Habitus. Frutices volubiles. Folia opposita, ciliis inter- petiolaribus glandulosis. Pedunculi interpetiolares, multi- flori. Flores utplurimum speciosi, albi, lutei et purpurei.

Patria. America Meridionalis.

Obs. Of Echites I have only examined E. umbellata, the original species when the species was established by Brown eo] in his " History of Jamaica ;" biflora, circinalis, and DomingPMsis : but, from the descriptions and figures of authors, especially of Jacquin, Swartz, and the authors of the " Flora Peruviana," I without hesitation refer to it the following species : E. suberecta Jacq. repens Jacq. agglutinata Jacq. asperuginis Swartz, torulosa Jacq. acu- minata Fl. Peruv. laxa Fl. Peruv. hirsuta Fl. Peruv. E. quinquangularis, Jacq. and annularis, Linn. Suppl. are probably not genuine species, on account of the prominent

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