STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



It is closely allied to ^schynanthus tricolor, but the corolla-tube is 

 shorter and the calyx broadly campanulate. The flowers are scarlet in 

 colour with yellow stripes. 



JESCHYNANTHUS PULCHEA, G.Don. 



Syns. JEschynanthus pulcher, Hook. 



Gard. Chron. 1846, p. 407 (Report of Exhibit of New Plants); Bot. Mag. t. 4264; 

 La Belg. Hort. 1892, p. 13, col. pi. 



A beautiful species with large rich scarlet flowers introduced from 

 Java through Thomas Lobb. First exhibited in bloom at the Great 

 Exhibition held by the Horticultural Society at Chiswick on June 13th 



1846, it was awarded the Silver Knightian Medal as a plant of very 

 exceptional merit. 



.ESCHYNANTHUS PUEPUEESCENS, Hasck. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4236. 



A native of the mountainous regions of Java, whence it was introduced 

 through Thomas Lobb. 



It is quite distinct but not as striking as many of the other species of 

 -/Eschynanthus in cultivation. The flowers are small, yellow with a 

 dotted throat ; the calyx has long sepals, margined and tipped with purple. 



jESCHYNANTHUS SPECIOSA, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4320; Paxt. Mag. Bot. 1847, vol. xiv. p. 199; The Garden, 1897, vol. li. 



p. 188, pi. 1109. 



Introduced through Thomas Lobb, who detected it on Mount Asapan, 

 near Bantam, in Java, on the trunks of forest trees. 



It was first exhibited in the Botanic Gardens, Eegent's Park, in May 



1847, and was voted " the most charming of the plants then exhibited." 

 In the description in the Botanical Magazine, Sir William Hooker writes, 

 " It is unquestionably the most beautiful species known to us of a genus 

 eminent for the rich colour of its blossoms." 



AGALMYLA STAMINEA, Blume. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5747 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. xv. p.73 ; Fl. des Serres, 1848, vol. iv. t. 358. 

 A brilliantly-coloured stove epiphyte, native of Java, where it was 

 discovered by Thomas Lobb growing in humid parts of mountain woods. 

 In December 1847 it was exhibited in flower for the first time. 



The flowers are produced in axillary fascicles of eight to fourteen 

 together, are brilliant scarlet in colour, with long exserted stamens, 

 purple at the tips, bright yellow towards the base. 



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