INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. Weowe the introduc- 
tion of this valuable addition to our stove collections, to Dr. Wallich, 
the zealous superintendant of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens, who trans- 
mitted plants, some years since, to his Grace, the Duke of Northum- 
berland, from one of which, by his Grace’s obliging permission, our 
drawing was taken in January last. Other persons in this country 
received it also, probably from the same source, as a fine flowering 
specimen appeared last year, amongst Mrs, Lawrence’s collection, at 
one of the exhibitions of the Horticultural Society. In both instances 
the plant has been grown and trained in the manner of terrestrial stove 
plants in which it will thrive well, but the flowers are placed in the 
unnatural position above mentioned; it is, therefore, to be expected that 
if treated like the more creeping kinds of orchidaceous epiphytes and 
allowed old bark to cling to and to hang from, not only would the gen- 
eral appearance be more natural and graceful, but the size and beauty 
of the heads of flowers would be much increased. When cultivated 
as a terrestrial plant its soil should be a vegetable compost, light, 
and well drained. The sort of pot in which this and similar plants 
are kept, is a matter of more moment than is usually believed; they 
should be soft and pervious to moisture, not made retentive of water 
by hard burning. 
DERIVATION OF THE Names. 
Zescnynantuvs from awxvyvn modesty, and ayfog a flower. Panrasitica, pa- 
rasite. 
SyNonyYMEs. 
INCARVILLEA PARASITICA. ee Coromandel Plants, v. 3, t. 291. 
AESCHYNANTHUS GRANDIFLOR . Don: General System, v. 4, p. 656. 
AESCHYNANTHUS PARASITICA. ‘Wallich : List, n.796. Brown: Piaiits candied 
Rariores, p. 115. 
