42 Dr. Jack on Cyrtandracea, 



iESCHYNANTHUS. 



Cali/x ventricoso-tubulosus, 5-fidus. Corolla limbo subirregu- 

 lari. Stamina 4 antherifera, exserta, saepius rudimento 

 quinti. Capsula longissima, siliquaeformis, bivalvis, pseudo- 

 4-locularis, seminibus numerosis (aristatis). 



Suffrutices debiles, foliis carnosis, jioribus 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. ^SCHINANTHUS VOLUBILIS. 



A. caule volubili, calycibus glabris. 

 Found in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 



Stem sufFrutescent, weak and twining, round, smooth. Leaves 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. 

 Pedimcles 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 



