^schynanthus.} cvi. GESNERACEJS. (C. B. Clarke.) 337 



Corolla-lobes 5, subsimilar, round 13. B(EA. 



Corolla 2-lipped, lower lip larger reflexed 14. OBNITHOBCEA. 



**** Capsule ellipsoid or ovoid, hardly exceeding 'the calyx, placenta 

 learing seeds on all sides. 



Caulescent. Stamens 4 perfect 15. KLTJGIA. 



Caulescent. Stamens 2 perfect 16. RHYNCHOGLOSSITM. 



Scapose. Stamens 4 perfect 17. JEEDONIA. 



^ Subtribe 3. LEPTOBCE^;. Capsule septicidally 2-valved. Seeds without 

 hairs. 



Twiggy. Cyme-branches capillary 18. LEPTOBCEA. 



Subtribe 4. EPITHEME.E. Capsule circumsciss. Seeds without hairs. 

 A succulent herb. Flowers subcapitate 19. EPITHEMA. 



Subtribe 5.1 EUCYETANDRE^E. Berry indehiscent, succulent or mem- 

 branous, breaking up irregularly, in CyrtandromoBd sometimes loculicidally 

 2-valved. Seeds without hairs. 



Leaf solitary. Flowers racemose. Sepals imbricate. Stamens 



4 perfect 20. MONOPHYLL^A. 



Calyx urceolate, enclosing the fruit. Stamens 4 perfect . . 21. CYRTANDEOMCEA. 



Calyx plicate. Anthers cruciate. Stamens 4 perfect . . 22. STAUBANTHEEA. 



Undershrubs. Leaves all alternate. Stamens 4 perfect . . 23. ISANTHEEA. 



Undersbrubs. Uppermost leaves opposite. Stamens 4 perfect. 24. RHYNCHOTECHUM. 



Undershrubs. Corolla tubular. Stamens 2 perfect . . . 25. CYETANDEA. 



I. JESCHYNANTHUS, Jack. 



Epiphytic Undershrubs. Leaves opposite, equal, fleshy or leathery, 

 entire rarely obscurely toothed; nerves obscure. Peduncles terminal or 

 axillary, 1- or 2-fld., rarely cymose, solitary or clustered; bracts ovate, 

 usually small, sometimes large coloured, deciduous. Calyx truncate, 5-fid, 

 or 5-partite. Corolla tubular- ventricose, rarely small or greenish; limb 

 2-lipped. Stamens 4 perfect, didynamous ; anthers oblong, equalling the 

 corolla or much exserted, usually coherent in pairs by the tips ; rudimentary 

 fifth rarely present. Disc annular. Ovary superior, stipitate, oblong or 

 linear ; stigma peltate ; placentas deeply inflexed, then recurved bearing 

 the ovules. Capsule long-linear, loculicidally 2-valved; valves placenti- 

 ferous. Seeds very many, small, sessile, pendulous, oblong, rugose, with 

 one or more hairs at the end next the hilum, and one at the apex. Species 

 52, Indian and Malayan, extending from Kumaon and Ceylon to Hongkong 

 and the Philippines. 



JEschynanthus, Jack, was published Jan., 1823; but Trichosporum, D. Don, 

 being published July, 1822, has the right of priority ; ^Zschynanthus, however, 

 having been accepted for half a century, it would not be expedient to relinquish it. 



Sect. 1. Politrichium. Seeds with many hairs near the hilum, and 

 one hair at the apex. 



1. IE. long-icaulis, Wall. Cat. 888; glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 obscurely falcate, sepals narrowly linear-lanceolate. Br. in PL Jav. Ear. 

 116; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 262. 



TENASSEEIM; Chappedong, Wallich; Mergui, Griffith; Moulmein, Parish (Ic. 

 Ined. Keiv). 



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