Aeschynanthus chorisepala, Orr. ° 
A new Chinese species; with an account of fissuring of 
its leaves. 
BY 
MATTHEW YOUNG ORR, 
Assistant in Laboratory, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
With Plate CXLIV. 
Aeschynanthus (Diplotrichium) chorisepala, Orr. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis A. ramosissimae, Wall. sed calyce usque ad 
imum in segmenta linearia fisso inter alia differt. 
Frutex epiphyticus 30-75 cm. altus. Rami subteretes paulo 
compressi, decumbentes, nodis radicantes. Folia ro-12 cm. 
longa, 3-4 cm. lata, late lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata vel 
oblonga, apice acuminata, basi late cuneata, petiolo I~I.5 cm. 
longo praedita, coriacea, glabra, margine paululo recurva, nervis 
lateralibus obscuris. Pedunculi axillares 1—4-flori multo ab- 
breviati; bracteae circ. 5 mm. longae, ovatae vel oblongae, 
tenuiter membranaceae, deciduae; pedicelli 1-2 cm. longi, 
glabri. Calyx tenuiter membranaceus usque ad basin divisus 
in segmenta 7 mm. longa, sublinearia vel lineari-oblonga, apice 
obtusa sparse ciliata. Corolla curvata, 3 cm. longa, laete 
_kermesina; lobi subaequales, rotundati, circ. 5 mm. longi et 
lati, in medio atro-purpureo-maculati, pilis septatis glandulo- 
capitatis ut tubus conspersi. Filamenta exserta, superne 
glanduloso-pilosa ; antherae 2 mm. longae. Ovarium glabrum ; 
stylus sparsim glanduloso-pilosus. Capsula circ. 25 cm. longa, 
3 mm. lata; semina oblonga, rugoso-scabra, prope hilum 
ditricha, apice monotricha. 
“ Epiphytic shrubby plant of 1-2$ ft. Flowers fleshy, 
crimson marked a deeper shade. On rocks and trees, in hills 
around Teng-yueh, Yunnan, West China. sont 25° N. -AR: 
6000 ft. August 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,742. Type. 
“ Prostrate plant of 1-23 ft. Flowers bright crimson with a 
purple tip. On rocks in lava bed west of Teng-yueh. Lat. 
25° N. Alt. 5000 ft. July r912.’’ G. Forrest. No. 9138. 
Closely allied to A. ramosissima, Wall., but with a very 
distinct calyx of which the segments are almost entirely free 
[Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXVIII, Sept. 1914.] 
