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 246 ON THE APOCINE.E.

Lignum scholare, Humph, amb. :2, p. 246, t. 82, quoad descriptionem, sed figura potius sequentis.

Ecliites scholaris, Linn. mant. 53.

Hab. In India Orientali et in Insulis Moluccanis. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)

2. A. spectab ills, foliis quaternis elliptico-oblongis sub- T7j acuminatis costatis : margine simplicibus, cymis pedun- culatis folio brevioribus, corolla limbo barbato, folliculis longissimis.

Hab. In Insula Timor prope Coepang, cum noribus fructibusque Aprili 1803 observavi.

Obs. Praecedenti quam maxime affinis, sed revera dis- tincta, nee male ab icone cit. Rumphii repraesentata ; de- scriptio autem A. scholari melius convenit.

3. A. venenata, foliis quaternis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis basi attenuatis, cymis dichotomis, corollas tubo sursum ampliato ; limbo imberbi acuto, folliculis utrinque attenuatis folium vix aequantibus.

Hab. In India Orientali, Gul. Roxburgh, M.D. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)

4. A. costata, foliis oppositis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis costatis, cymis effusis, limbi laciniis imberbibus lanceolatis tubo longioribus, folliculis longissimis.

Echites costata, For st. prod. n. 123.

Hab. In Insulis Otaheite et Ulaietea, inter juga montium (insularibus Attahe nuncupata). Josephus Banks, Ba- ronettus. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)

Obs. Kanietti-valli, Rheed. mal. 9, p. 23, t. 14, which is given in Willdenow's sp. pi. \,p. 1240, as a synonyme of this plant, differs in the shortness of the folliculi, and in 78] having winged and naked seeds. Blieede also describes his plant as being a climber. The seeds of the Otaheite plant, which forms a moderate- sized tree, are distinctly

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