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I. ASCHYNANTHUS DC. IX, p. 260. 
Stamina 4 antherifera. Stigma integrum depresso-concavum. Capsula siliqueformis septicide dehiscens demum 
4-valvis. Semina utrinque pilifera, pilo inferiore unico, superiore unico aut duplici pluribusve. Suffrutices epiphyti. Folia 
opposita equalia carnosa. 
Sect 1—Semen superne unicum pilum gerens. 
Sect 2—Semen superne duo pila gerens. 
Sect 3.—Semen superne ?-plura pila gerens [In Bengalia adest exemplum nullum.] 
The hairs on the seeds give better characters for the prime subdivision of this genus than the inflorescence. The long- 
stalked umbel may sometimes be reduced so as to appear 2-flowered only. The corymb of repeated bifurcations may be depauperated to 
the same form, and even to 1-flowered axillary peduncles. he short-stalked umbel may be subsessile, and finally may be resolved into 
fascicled 1-flowered peduncles. 
The depth to which the calyx is divided varies considerably in the same plant and even in the same flower during the pro- 
gress of flowering. 
The degree of exsertion of the style is a character of no importance: the style is at first included but as soon as impregnated 
elongates with great rapidity. The anthers are generally exserted. In nearly all the species the filaments and the style are glanduloso- 
pilose. 
Species infra descripta. 
Sect I. 
1, Aischynanthus bracteata. 
2, Al. acuminata. 
8. Al. superba. 
4, Ai. parviflora. 
5, Al. gracilis. 
6, Al. Andersoni. 
Sect II. 
7. 4. parasitica. 
8, A. ramosissima. 
