Tab. 4320. 
tESCHYNANTHUS speciosus. 
Sltmcy jEschynmitlms. 
Nat. Ord. CYRTANDRACEiE,—D idynamia Gymnospekmia. 
Gen Char. {Vide supra. Tab. 4236.) 
jEschynanthus speciosus-, ramis junioribus subtetragonis, foliis oppositis v. 
ternatis supremis (floriferis) verticillatis ovato-lanceolatis camosis obsolete 
serratis acuminatis, floribus terminalibus numerosis fasciculatis puberulis, 
pedunculis erectis unifloris, calycis 5-partiti laciniis lineari-subulatis erectis 
appressis, corollae tubo longissimo clavato supeme curvato dorso convexo 
subtus concavo-canalicnlato, ore obliquo 4-lobo lobis patentibus rotundatis 
superiore bifido, filamentis styloque exsertis. 
This, in our opinion at least, was the most charming of the 
many fine plants exhibited at the Regent s Park Garden Show 
in May, 1847, and is unquestionably the most beautiful species, 
yet known to us, of a genus eminent for the rich colouring 
of its blossoms. Judging, however, from the dried specimens 
of another kind {jEsch. lonyiflorm) which has yet flowered but 
imperfectly with Messrs. Veitch and Son, we shall soon ave 
the opportunity of figuring one which wifi vie \^uth the pre¬ 
sent, if it does not exceed it, in the size of the flowers an m 
depth of colouring. To the two species in question, e c arac 
teristic given by Blume of ^.lonyiflorus is almost equally appli¬ 
cable : but the term “ folia acuminatissima , accor s e er lu i 
the plant last mentioned than with that now before us Mr. 
Thos. Lobb, from whom the seeds were received by Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, detected this plant, in Java, on Mount Asapan 
near Bantam, attached to the trunks of forest trees. requires 
the same treatment as tropical Orchideous plants. t uk . 
Descr. /57ms about two feet long, according o ® ’ 
the lower part woody: the upper and young branches subtetm 
gonous and herbaceous. Leaves oppo^te or erna e, y 
nearly sessile, the uppermost ones beneath the owem in a 
of fom to six or eight; the form is between ovate and lanceolate, 
acuminate, the texture very fleshy, the margin obscure y serra e 
AUGUST 1st, 1847. 
