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* ^ESCHYNANTHUS maculatus. 



Spotted Blush-wort. 



DIDYJVAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Cyrtandrace^e. 



zESCHYNANTHUS, Jack. Calyx tubulosus, quinquefidus, sequalis. 

 Corolla hypogyna, tubo subincurvo, fauce dilatata, limbi bilabiati labio supe- 

 riore erecto, bilobo, inferiore trifido, laciniis subaequalibus. Stamina corollse 

 tubo inserta, quatuor, didynama, exserta v. inclusa, filanientis filiformibus, 

 antheris basifixis, bilocularibus, per paria cohserentibus, quintum posticum 

 inclusum, anantherurn. Ovarium aunulo hypogyno carnoso ciuctum, pla- 

 centis duabus, lamina parietali stipitatis, latis, ad axim contiguis ad margines 

 revolutos multiovulatis pseudo-quadriloculare. Stylus simplex ; stigma cla- 

 vato-bilainellatum. Capsula basi calyce stipata, elougato-siliqueeformis, 

 pseudo-quadrilocularis, bivalvis, valvis medio placentas, demum explanatas, 

 margine seminiferas gerentibus. Semina plurima, cylindrica, funiculo fili- 

 formi et cbalaza incrassata in filum simplex v. bifidum excurrente utrinque 

 aristata. Emhryonis exalbuminosi, orthotropi cotyledones breves, obtuspe, 



radicula teretiuscula, umbilicum basilarem attingens. Frutices Asia tro- 



picee, volubiles v. scandentes, ad articulos tumidos radicantes ; foliis oppositis, 

 petiolatis? coriaceo-subcarnosis, integerrimis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, 

 bifloris, rarius terminalibus, umbellatis, pedicellis bibracteolatis, floribus spe- 

 ciosis, aurantiaceo-coccineis, viscoso-pilosis. Endlicher genera, no. 4134. 



M. maculatus; caule ramoso, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis petiolatis utrinque 

 acuminatis nunc obsolete denticulatis, umbella subsessili terminali mul- 

 tiflora, calycis pilosi laciniis linearibus pilosis, corollee clavatse subpube- 

 scentis laciniis obtusissimis subsequalibus, antheris purpureis. 



Caulis erectus, teres, glaber, ad nodos tumescens. Folia fere 4-pollicaria, 

 avenia, coriaceo-carnosa, petiolo tereti, costd media subdiaphand. Bractese 

 subulatae, deciducc. Calycis pili glandidosi, lacinice tubo longiores, dorso obso- 

 lete bicarinatcE. Corolla sanguinea, fere sesquipollicaris, nullo modo tumida, 

 laciniis sub apice macula atrosanguined notatis; labio inferiore intus seats axin 

 papilloso. Filamenta glabra ; quinti rudimento nidlo ; anthers purpurea, ob- 

 liquce, apice tangentes nee cohcerentes, epithecio ab endothecio secus dehiscentica 

 lineam solubili. Discus truncatus, cyathiformis, margine roseus. Ovarium 

 lineare, uniloculare, glabrum, placentis didymis parietalibus polyspermis mar- 

 gine revolutis ; stylus glandulosus ; stigma ovale, transversum, medio perforatum. 



In the hot damp sands of India, upon rocks and trees, 

 where Orchidacese and Ferns delight to grow, are found many 



* So called from w.<yyyvop.ai to blush, and avOoQ a flower. 

 May, 1841. l 



