ASCHYNAN’THUS PARASITICA, 
~ PARASITIC ASCHYNANTHUS. 
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No. 167: 
GENUS. Aiscuynantuus. Jack. Catyx quinquedivisus, tubaloru vel 
us. Corotta bilabiata. Sramrina anthistiisee quatuor, antherarum locu- 
partit 
lis parallelis. Stroma indivisum, dilatatum, subinfun dibulif orme. pryeeee 
elongata, valvis strictis. Semina pendula, apice nuclei affixa, utrinque pilifera, 
pilo inferiore unico, superiore unico duplici pluribusve. Surrrurices i 
rum cortice a foliis oppositis zqualibus sas Ppeaie coriaceis, 
venis obsoletis. Brown: in Plante Javanice Rariores, 15. 
SPECIES. AscHyNANTHUS PARASITICA. ES Forts lanceolatis, 
er anguste campanulato semiquinquefido glabro, | laciniis vee acutis, cor- 
olla filamentisque hirtis, seminibus extremitate 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ASSCHYNANTHUS. CaLyx five-cleft, 
either tubular with five teeth, or divided nearly to the base. CoRoLLa 
two-lipped. Stamens four, fertile, the cells of the anthers parallel. 
Stiema undivided, dilated, somewhat funnel-shaped. Capsute elon- 
gated with straight valves. Sreps pendulous, fixed by a nucleus at 
the top, bearing threads at both ends, one only at the lower end; one, 
two, or more at the upper end. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, ASSCHYNANTHUS PARASITICA. A 
climbing shrub, which in its native country spreads over the stems of 
trees, sending forth roots which penetrate into the outer bark of the 
trees, and give the plant the appearance of a parasite, although i in fact 
it is rather an epiphyte, in the manner of the generality of tropical 
orchidaceez. BraNncHes smooth and somewhat fleshy, though more 
slender than in other species; the flowering branches pendulous in the 
wild state. Leaves opposite, on short footstalks, lanceolate, three to 
six inches long, ending in a long but not sharp point, perfectly entire, 
contracted at the base, smooth, thick, and fleshy, usually a little folded 
upwards along the mid-rib and waved on the margin, without any lat- 
eral yeins. FLOWERS in terminal sessile umbels, of about six flowers, 
each flower on a pedicel of from a quarter to half an inch in length. 
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