Tab. 4328. 
iESCHYNANTHUS LONGIFLORUS. 
Loiiff-flowered ^schynanflms. 
Nat. Ord. Cyrtandracea?.—Dibynamia Angiospermia. 
Gen. CJiar. {Vide supra. Tab. 4236.) 
iEscHYNANTHOs speciosiiS‘, ramis pendulis subteretibus, foliis oppositis lato- 
lanceolatis acuminatissimis integerrimis, floribus erectis numerosis termi- 
nalibus fasciculatis, pedunculis unifloris, calycis 5-partiti laciniis lineari- 
subulatis erectis appressis, coroUse tubo longissimo clavato supeme curvato 
dorso convexo subtus canaliculato, ore obliquo contracto 4-lobo lobis rotun- 
datis erectis superiore bifido, filamentis longe styloque minus exsertis. 
.(EscHYNANTHtJS longiflorus. Blume, in Be Cand. Prodr. v. 9, p. 262. 
Lysionutus longiflorus. Blume, Bijdr. p. 766. 
When describing the JEschynanfJms speciosus (Bot. Mag. 
t. 4320), we gave our readers reason to expect that another 
species would soon be represented, which would vie in beauty 
with that eminently handsome plant; and we now keep our 
pledge. Closely as the two species are allied, they are unques¬ 
tionably distinct; and the differences are equally apparent in the 
dried native specimens as in the living ones. Much of the 
beauty of speciosus is due to the varied colour (red and 
yellow) of the corolla; in the present, to the rich uniform puce 
of the entire flower. Here, the mouth of the corolla is much 
contracted, with the segments or lobes erect, the style scarcely 
exserted beyond the corolla, the stamens very much so;—in 
speciosus the style is very much exserted, the stamens 
scarcely so at all. Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, have 
equally the credit of introducing this as the one last mentioned, 
through their East Indian Collector, Mr. Thomas Lobb, from 
Java: it is probably derived from the locality mentioned by 
Blume, mountain-woods. Province of Bantam. It flowered 
with Messrs. Veitch in August, 1847. 
Descr. Stem procumbent, or pendent from branches of trees, 
and said to be rooting, terete, or nearly so, the younger shoots 
green. Leaves opposite, broadly lanceolate, very acuminate, 
OCTOBER 1st, 1847. 
