Tas. 5031. 
JESCHYNANTHUS rricotor. 
Three-coloured Aischynanthus. 
Nat. Ord. CyrtanpracE®.—DipyNaMIA ANGIOSFERMIA. 
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Gen. Char. Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus, 3-fidus vel 5-partitus, subzequalis 
aut subbilabiatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo subincurvo ad faucem am- 
pliato, limbo obtuse trilobo irregulari subbilabiato. Stamina 4-5, inclusa, 2-3 
sterilia, minima, 2 fertilia; antheris crassis, loculis parallelis. Stigma obtusum 
aut emarginatum. Bacca oblonga aut ovata, corticata, bilocularis, septi lobis in 
margine revoluto seminiferis. Semina plurima, nuda, seepe foveata aut punctata.— 
Suffrutices aué herbe, caule erecto aut procumbente. Folia opposit 
nunc altero abortivo pseudo-alterna. Flores fasciculati aut capit 
axillares, bracteati. Corolle purpuree (coccinea), alba, rarius 
lutea. De Cand. 
Aiscuynantuvs éricolor; scandens radicans subpubescens, ramis herbaceis 
teretibus, foliis brevi-petiolatis oppositis ovatis acutiusculis carnosis aveniis, 
umbellis petiolatis paucifloris (2-3) ebracteatis, floribus villoso 
For the introduction of living plants of this most lovely Aischy- 
nanthus, and for the opportunity of figuring it, we are indebted to 
Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery, who imported the species from 
reo. We are so fortunate as to possess dried specimens from 
the same country, gathered by Mr. Thomas Lobb. Itisextremely 
y Fischynanthus, and is well suited 
different from any LEGSChY? ee Bes een 
to ornament basket-work suspended to the roof in a moist stove. 
he branches droop considerably, and the flower-stalks though the © 
con- 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1858. 
