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* ESCHYNANTHUS maculatus. 
Spotted Blush-wort. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. CyRTANDRACES. 
LESCHYNANTHUS, Jack. Calyx tubulosus, quinquefidus, equalis. 
Corolla hypogyna, tubo subincurvo, fauce dilatata, limbi bilabiati labio supe- 
riore erecto, bilobo, inferiore trifido, laciniis subequalibus. Stamina corollee 
tubo inserta, quatuor, didynama, exserta v. inclusa, filamentis filiformibus, 
antheris basifixis, bilocularibus, per paria cohzrentibus, quintum posticum 
inclusum, anantherum. Ovarium annulo hypogyno carnoso cinctum, pla- 
centis duabus, lamina parietali stipitatis, latis, ad axim contiguis ad margines 
revolutos multiovulatis pseudo-quadriloculare. Stylus simplex; stigma cla- 
vato-bilamellatum.  Capsula basi calyce stipata, elongato-siliqueeformis, 
pseudo-quadrilocularis, bivalvis, valvis medio placentas, demum explanatas, 
margine seminiferas gerentibus. Semina plurima, cylindrica, funiculo fili- 
formi et chalaza incrassata in filum simplex vy. bifidum excurrente utrinque 
aristata. Hmbryonis exalbuminosi, orthotropi cotyledones breves, obtuse, 
radicula teretiuscula, umbilicum basilarem attingens. Frutices Asie tro- 
pice, volubiles v. scandentes, ad articuios tumidos radicantes ; foliis oppositis, 
petiolatis, coriaceo-subcarnosis, integerrimis, pedunculis azillaribus solitariis, 
bifloris, rarius terminalibus, umbellatis, pedicellis bibracteolatis, floribus spe- 
ciosis, aurantiaceo-coccineis, viscoso-pilosis. Endlicher genera, no. 4134. 
{R. maculatus; caule ramoso, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis petiolatis utrinque 
- acuminatis nunc obsoleté denticulatis, umbella subsessili terminali mul- 
tiflora, calycis pilosi laciniis linearibus pilosis, corollee clavatee subpube- 
scentis laciniis obtusissimis subeequalibus, antheris purpureis. 
Caulis erectus, teres, glaher, ad nodos tumescens. Folia fere 4-pollicaria, 
avenia, coriaceo-carnosa, petiolo tereti, costd medid subdiaphand. Bracteze 
subulate, decidua. Calycis pili glandulosi, lacinie tubo longiores, dorso obso- 
lete biecarinate. Corolla sanguinea, feré sesquipollicaris, nullo modo tumida, 
laciniis sub apice maculd atrosanguined notatis; labio inferiore intus eecus axin 
papiloso. Filamenta glabra ; quinti rudimento nullo ; antherze purpuree, ob- 
lique, apice tangentes nec coherentes, enithecio ab endothecio secus dehiscentie 
lineam solubili. Discus truncatus, cyathiformis, margine rosevs. Ovarium 
lineare, uniloculare, glabrum, placentis didymis parietalibus polyspermis mar- 
gine revolutis; stylus glandulosus ; stigma ovale, transversum, medio perforatum. 
In the hot damp sands of India, upon rocks and trees, 
where Orchidacee and Ferns delight to grow, are found many 
* So called from a:cyvvoya to blush, and av@oc a flower. 
May, 1841. L 
