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Tas. 4891. 
ZESCHYNANTHUS Fvutecens. 
Flame-coloured Aischynanthus. 
Nat. Ord. CyrTANDRACEX®.—DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4236.) 
Ascurnantuvs fulgens ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis carnosis integer- 
rimis, petiolo brevi crassissimo, pedicellis unifloris in umbellam terminalem 
plurifloram dispositis, calycis ampli laxi tubuloso-infundibuliformis limbo 
5-lobo, lobis eequalibus acutis erecto-patentibus, corolla calycem triplo ex- 
cedentis clavate: (coccinez) tubo gracili limbo obliquo, staminibus styloque 
exsertis. 
Mscuynantuvs fulgens. Wall. Cat. n. 797. De Cand. Prodr. v. 9. p. 261. 
Our volumes are rich in species of Aschynanthus not less beau- 
tiful than the present: witness our Tab. 3845, 4. grandifiorus, 
Don; Tab. 4261, @. Lobbianus, Nob. ; Tab. 4264, 2. pulcher, 
De Cand.; and Tab. 4503, 4. Javanicus. Of all these, our 
present species is the most closely allied to the first-mentioned, 
viz. 4. grandiflorus, especially in the singularly clavate form 
of the corolla: but in that species the arrangement of the 
flowers is very different; the tube of the corolla is comparatively 
short and broad, filling up as it were the entire calyx, and that 
has long acuminated appressed lobes,—to say nothing of the 
leaves, which are narrow and serrated. ‘The species here figured 
is a native of Tavoy, whence we have specimens from Dr. Wallich, 
gathered by M. Gomez. For our specimens here figured we are 
indebted to the Messrs. Veitch, of the Exeter and Chelsea Exotic 
Nurseries (with whom it flowered in October, 1855), having been 
collected at Moulmein by Mr. Thomas Lobb. It seems to blos- 
som freely, and few plants can exceed it in beauty, especially if 
suspended in a wire or small trellis basket. 
Descr. Stems thick, terete, straggling, slightly branched. 
Leaves opposite, large, bright and deep green, thick, fleshy, ob- 
long-lanceolate, approaching to ovate, acuminate, entire, a little 
carinated at the back ; zerves obsolete, or only visible in the older 
JANUARY lst, 1856. 
