Mesechites trifidus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg.

STUDIES IN AMERICAN APOCYNACEAE
fa	Dbt- r- b- Woodson, Jr.
Echites triiida, Jacq., Hist. Stirp. Amer.^ 31, t. 24.
Near Asuncion (380); Pilcomayo River -(895). January.
= Balansa 1372.
A liana similar in general appearance to no. 712, but with very
different flowers and follicles. Corolla light purple, 2 cm. high,
with 5 broad lobes, which lap over each other dextrorsely and curl
downwards. Follicles cylindrical, not moniliform, tapering to a
long sharp point, 25 cm. in length. Juice milky. Seeds clothed with
very long, tawny, plumose hairs. Twining over shrubs 2^-3 m.
PLANTS OK SOUTH AMERICA
Collected by Thos.
Pilcomayo
A-t
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