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AESCHYNANTHUS erandifloras. 
Large-flowered Blushwort. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. CyRTANDRACER. + 
<ESCHYNANTHUS. Botanical Register, 1841. fol. 28. 
A. grandifiorus ; caulibus simplicibus, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis coriaceis 
dentatis integrisque, umbell4 terminali multiflora, floribus pedunculatis, 
calycis campanulati glaberrimi laciniis lineari-oblongis obtusis, corolle 
supra medium ventricosze laciniis rotundatis subeequalibus conniyentibus, 
staminibus longé exsertis, antheris olivaceis. 
Aisch. parasiticus. Wallich cat. no. 796. 
Incarvillea parasitica. Roxburgh Corom. pl. t. 291. 
Aisch. grandiflorus. Spreng. syst. veg. 4. 238. 
Trichosporum grandifloruam. Don Prodr. fi. nep. 125. 
Of all the stove plants in cultivation this is one of the 
handsomest and the most easy to manage. _To say that the 
accompanying figure is not only no exaggeration, but in truth 
inferior in brilliancy and beauty to its original—e'est tout dire. 
To cultivate it all that is required is a very damp stove, with 
a log of wood to which a cutting may be tied ; it will immedi- 
ately put forth its ivy-like roots, cling to the log, and speedily, 
that is to say in a few months, convert itself into a pendulous 
bush, every one of whose branches is terminated by a cluster 
of deep scarlet flowers. No where have I seen it more beau- 
tiful than in the Nursery of Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple 
Place, Edgware Road ; but in numerous places it is excessively 
handsome. 
That it is the Aischynanthus parasiticus of Wallich is 
certain ; and consequently it is in all probability the Incarvil- 
lea parasitica of Roxburgh ; there is therefore no other ground 
for admitting the name of A. grandiflorus, now current in the 
gardens, than that all the genus is parasitical, (that is epi- 
