342 OVI. GESNERACE:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Æschynanthus. 
SUBTROPICAL EASTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft.; Sikkim, Bhotan and Upper 
Assam, frequent, H. f. 4 T. &c. KnmasIA and JarNTEA Mr's., alt. 500-3000 ft. ; 
Wallich,&c. CACHAR; Keenan.—DisTRIB. Hongkong. 
Branches long, divided, terete. Leaves 34-4 by 14 in., acuminate, base cuneate ; 
petiole} in. Peduncles 3-7 together, approximate or clustered towards the ends of 
the branches, 1-14 in., 1-4 fld.; bracteoles at the forks 2, 1 in. diam., broadly ovate ; 
pedicels 3 in. Calyx wide at the base, green ; lobes persistent, ultimately reflexed. 
Corolla wide-tubular, straight ; upper lip erect, greens lower pendent, yellow, some- 
times reddish on the margin without. Filaments far exserted, minutely glandular- 
hairy. Capsule 6 in.—The Hongkong plant has narrower leaves than the Khasian. 
Bentham never proposed to unite Æ. acuminata, Wall, to Æ. bracteata, Wall. ; but 
to refer to the latter certain specimens which had been wrongfully mixed up with 
those of Æ. acuminata. 
17. Æ. bracteata, Wall. Cat. 794; glabrous, leaves largeish elliptic 
acuminate fleshy, peduncles 1- or several-fld., calyx-lobes å in. lanceolate 
red, corolla 14 in. scarlet. DC. Prodr. ix. 261; Clarke Comm. d Cyrt. 
Beng. tt. 43, 44. Æ. Paxtoni, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 79, with fig. 
Æ. Peelii, Hook. f. Ill. Himal. Pl. t. 17.—Aischynanthi sp., Griff. Le. Pl. 
Ind. Or. t. 432, and Notul. iv. 156. Zischynanthoidea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 
28, n. 429. Cyrtandracea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 25, n. 388. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; Sikkim and Bhotan, Griffith, J. D. H., 
&c. UPPER AssaM; Mrs. Mack. Kuasra Mrs., alt. 2-5000 ft., common ; Wallich, 
Griffith, H. f. & T., &c.—DISTRIB. Ava. 
Epiphytie; branches long, terete. Leaves 4 by 14 in., from subrotund to narrow- 
lanceolate, base cuneate or rounded; petiole 4 in. Peduncles mostly terminal, often 
opposite, 1 in., 1-7-fld.; bracts 1 in., elliptic-lanceolate scarlet as are the pedicels 
and calyces. Sepals nearly free, deciduous. Corolla nearly glabrous without, lower 
lip vith reflexed lobes. Filaments exserted, minutely glandular-hairy. Capsule 
1n. 
18. HE. Kingii, Clarke; glabrous, leaves large long elliptic herba- 
ceous, peduncles 3-7-fld., calyx-lobes à in. lanceolate caudate-acuminate 
green. 
SIKKIM; alt. 6000 ft., King. 
Leaves 74 by 3 in., base broadly rhomboid ; nerves 7-8 pair. Peduncles 3-nate, 
2-24 in.; bracts caducous. Calyx persistent in young fruit, base shortly funnel- 
shaped, membranous. Corolla not seen. Seeds with one hair at each end.— Seems 
nearly allied to Æ. bracteata, but the texture is very unlike. 
19. HE. superba, Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. Beng. t. 46; glabrous, leaves 
large oblong acuminate, umbels dense few-fld., sepals 1 in. broad-oblong 
obtuse, corolla 24 in. rose-red. Æ. longiflora, Wall. Cat. n. 795, nof of 
Blume.— Aischynanthus sp. n. 4, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. Cyrtandracea, 
Griff. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 431, and Notul. iv. 160, and Ztin. Notes, 43, n. 671. 
Kuasa Mrs., alt. 1500- . ; ; 2d. T. ke. 
Assam ; Mre. Mack. 1500-4000 ft., frequent; Wallich, Griffith, H. f. g 
, Stems several fathoms long, branched, scrambling among rocks. Leaves 6 by 2 
in., base cuneate or rounded ; petiole lin. Peduncles 1 in., terminal and on short 
axillary spurs, stout; bracts 3-2 in., ovate-oblong, deciduous, rose-red as is the whole 
inflorescence ; pedicels 1-6, 0-3 in., subumbelled. Sepals thin, deciduous. Corolla 
tubular, curved, mouth slightly oblique. Fi d. minutely glandular- 
hairy. Capsule 12-16 in. ghUy oblique iaments exserted, minutely g 
Sect. 4 Holocalyx. Seed with an apophysis of hyaline large cells 
and one hair at the hilum, and one hair bt the apex. Calya not deeply 
lobed.—[Peduncles short, 2-fld., axillary and terminal, often crowded neat 
