42 Dr. Jack on Cyrtandracee, 
ÆSCHYNANTHUS. 
Calyx ventricoso-tubulosus, 5-fidus. Corolla limbo subirregu- 
lari. Stamina 4 antherifera, exserta, sæplus rudimento 
quinti. Capsula longissima, siliquæformis, bivalvis, pseudo- 
4-locularis, seminibus numerosis (aristatis). 
Suffrutices debiles, foliis carnosis, floribus coccineis. 
The capsules of this genus nearly resemble those of Didymo- 
carpus, and exhibit with great distinctness the peculiar charac- 
ter of this family. "The seeds are attached to the whole of the 
inner surface of the lobes, and are singular in being awned. 
The exsert stamina and crimson flowers are further deviations 
from the usual habit of its congeners. 
1. ÆSCHINANTHUS VOLUBILIS. 
A. caule volubili, calycibus glabris. 
Found in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 
Stem suffrutescent, weak and twining, round, smooth. Tio op- 
posite, petiolate, oval, acute at both ends, very entire, very 
smooth, rather fleshy ; nerves indistinct ; two or two inches 
and a half long. Petioles downy on the edges. Stipules none. 
Peduncles axillary, two-flowered ; pedicels longer than the 
peduncle. Bracts two, opposite, large, ovate. The axil 
is sometimes occupied by a flower-bearing branchlet, which 
has the appearance of a many-flowered peduncle. Calyx 
tubular, somewhat campanulate, smooth, five-cleft at the 
mouth, persistent. Corolla of a crimson colour, longer 
than the calyx, sub-ringent ; tube curved; upper lip erect, 
two-lobed ; segments small and approximate ; lower three- 
parted, segments larger and reflexed. Stamina five, of 
which four are fertile and exsert, the middle one sterile ; 
the fertile stamina are at first connected by their anthers, 
but 
