GESNERIACE.E. XVIII. JESCHYNANTHUS. XIX. LYSIOKOTUS. XX. AGALMTLA. 



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leaves 

 cymes 



florum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 125. This species differs 

 from the preceding, in the flowers being not one-third the size ; 

 in the segments of the calyx being linear ; in the 2 superior 

 lobes of corolla being shorter, and acutish ; and, lastly, in the 

 leaves being twice as broad, shorter, and nerved ; as well as in 

 the style being inclosed. 



Small-jlorrered ^Eschynanthus. Shrub creeping. 



6 JE. OBLONGIFOLIUS ; downy ; stem thick, tetragonal ; 

 unequally ovate-oblong, acuminated, downy, serrulated ; 

 axillary. Tj . S. Native of Chittagong, in mountain valleys 

 common. Incarvillea oblongifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 112. 

 Peduncles solitary, dichotomous, with a flower in each fork ; 

 and each division bearing 3-6 flowers, all very villous. Corollas 

 large, like those of Martynla didndra, colour a mixture of 

 whitish-red, tinged with yellow : one pair of the filaments 

 slender and abortive ; the fertile pair thick and villous, bearing 

 large 2-lobed anthers. The capsule is shorter and thicker than 

 in the preceding species. The seeds are flat, and winged by a 

 membranous margin all round. Perhaps a new genus. 



Oblong-leaved ^Eschynanthus. Shrub. 



7 J. RAMOSI'SSIMA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 

 stem much branched, radicant ; 



umbels terminal, many-flowered 

 with glandular down. fj . ^. S. 

 creeping upon trees and on 



1. p. 55. t. 71.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated ; 

 corolla subclavate, clothed 

 Native of Nipaul, in woods, 



FIG. 71. 



rocks. Capsule 4 angled, and 

 4-furrowed, compressed, 10 

 inches long, 1-celled, 4-valved. 

 Seeds sometimes terminated by 

 2 bristles at apex, and ending 

 in one at the base. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, 5-toothed. Corolla curved : 

 lower lip 4-cleft : upper one 

 bifid. Stigma clavate, piano 

 convex at top. Corolla orange- 

 coloured, reddish above. Very 

 nearly allied to JE. grandi- 

 flbrus (fig. 71.) 



Much-branched jEschynan- 

 thus. Shrub creeping. 



Cult. For culture and pro- 

 pagation see Rytidophy'lum, p. 

 650. 



XIX. LYSIONO'TUS (from \vu, luo, to release ; and , 



no/o*, the back ; in reference to the capsule opening with elas- 

 ticity from the dorsal suture.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 7. 

 p. 86. prod. fl. nep. p. 124. Blum, bijdr. 764. Incarvillea 

 species, Wall. Chirita, Hamilt. mss. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Ang'wspermia. Calyx deeply 5- 

 cleft or 5-parted, equal. Corolla tubular, incurved, with a 

 dilated campanulate throat, and oblique, bilabiate, 5-lobed limb. 

 Stamens 4, inclosed : 2 upper ones sterile, and shorter : and 

 the 2 lower ones antheriferous ; anthers linear, combined ; cells 

 parallel. Stigma capitate, sometimes funnel-shaped, with an 

 excavated disk. Capsule long, silique-formed, 2-valved, falsely 

 4-celled, opening with elasticity from the dorsal suture. Seeds 

 small, oblong-terete, muricated, ending in a hair at both ends, as 

 in jEschyndnthus. Terrestrial or parasitical, glabrous, peren- 

 nial herbs, with creeping roots and stems. Leaves opposite or 

 verticillate, simple. Peduncles axillary and terminal, 1-flow- 

 ered, solitary, or in fascicles, furnished with two opposite, in- 

 volucral leaves at the base, and bibracteate in the middle. 



1 L. SERRA'TA (D. Don, 1. c.) root creeping ; stems erect, 

 glabrous, rather fleshy ; leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, 



VOL. IV. 



acuminated, coriaceous, serrated, reticnlately veined ; corymbs 

 pedunculate, 5-10-floivered, below the top of the stem. TJ. S. 

 Native of Nipaul, upon trunks of trees and on rocks. L. ter- 

 nifolia, Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 2. t. 118. Chirita terni folia. 

 Hamilt. mss. Plant glabrous. Peduncles verticillate or oppo- 

 site, like the leaves. Corymbs twice or thrice trichotomous, 

 furnished with 2 opposite bracteas under each division. Seeds 

 terminated by a long simple hair at each end. Corollas large, 

 pale blue. 



Serraled-leaved Lysionotus. PI. 1 foot. 



2 L. ANGUSTIFOLIUS (Blum, bijdr. p. 765.) stem radicant ; 

 lower leaves opposite : superior ones subverticillate, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, bluntish, veinless ; axillary flowers solitary : terminal 

 ones aggregate, y.. S. Native of Java, near Buitenzorg, creep- 

 ing upon trees. Bignonia angustifolia, Blum. hort. buit. p. 82. 

 bat. verb. 9. p. 194. Trichosporum angustifblium, Blum, in 

 bot. zeit. no. 9. 1825. 



Narrow-leaved Lysionotus. Fl. Year. PI. creeping. 



3 L. A'LBIDUS (Blum, bijdr. p. 765.) stem radicant ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, rather crenulated, glabrous, veinless ; pedun- 

 cles disposed in axillary and terminal fascicles; bracteas minute, 

 subulate. If.. S. Native of Java, in the western provinces, in 

 woods, where it is called Mengando-Manjal. Bignonia albida, 

 Blum. cat. hort. buit. p. 81. bat. verb. 9. p. 195. Thicbospo- 

 rum albidum, Blum. bot. zeit. no. 9. 1825. Flowers whitish. 



Whitish-Aovrered Lysionotus. PL creeping. 



4 L. LOXGIPLORUS (Blum, bijdr. p. 766.) stem radicant ; 

 leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, long-acumi- 

 nated, quite entire, almost veinless, glabrous ; flowers disposed 

 in terminal fascicles. If. . S. Native of Java, in the provinces 

 ofTjanjor, Buitenzorg; and Bamtam, in woods on the moun- 

 tains. 



Var. ft ; leaves narrower. If. . S. Native of Java, among 

 the elevated woods of Mount Cede, upon old trees. 



Lang-faitered Lysionotus. Fl. Year. PL creeping. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Rytidophyllum, 

 p. 650. 



XX. AGALMY'LA (from ayaX^a, agalma, an ornament ; 

 and v\ri, hule, a wood ; the species are great ornaments to the 

 woods in which they grow wild.) Blum, bijdr. p. 766. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Ang'wspermia. Calyx 5-parted, 

 equal. Corolla tubular, incurved, with a dilated throat, and an 

 oblique, 5-lobed, sub-bilabiate limb. Stamens 5, exserted, of 

 which 2 or 4 are fertile ; anthers linear, connected, with parallel 

 cells. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule very long, silique-formed, 

 2-valved, falsely 4-celled. Seeds minute, ending in a hair at 

 both ends. Climbing or radicant herbs, with simple leaves, 

 and axillary fascicles of flowers. This genus is nearly allied 

 to Lysionotus, from which it differs in the bilamellate stigma, 

 and in habit. 



1 A. STAMI'NEA (Blum, bijdr. 767.) stem radicant, and is, as 

 well as the petioles, hairy ; leaves alternate, oblong, acuminated, 

 denticulated, nearly equal at the base, downy beneath and on 

 the edges ; flowers diandrous, disposed in axillary fascicles. If. . 

 S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. Justicia parasitica, 

 Lam. ill. 1. p. 42. Cyrtandra starmnea, Vahl, enurm 1. p. 105. 



Long-stamened Agalmyla. PL creeping. 



2 A. ASPERIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 767.) stem rather scan- 

 dent ; leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, acuminated, denticulated, 

 nearly equal at the base, rather hispid ; flowers didynamous, 

 disposed in axillary fascicles. If. . S. Native of Java, in humid 

 parts of woods in the province ofTjanjor. 



Rough-leaved Agalmyla. Fl. Aug. PL climbing. 

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