450 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



lance-shaped. Flowers scarlet, erect, in bunches; corolla curved, club- 

 shaped ; June to August. Introduced from Java, 1845. 



JE. sPECiosus (showy). Stem nearly erect, 2 feet high. Leaves 

 oval-lance-shaped, slightly toothed. Flowers rich orange ; corolla curved, 

 club-shaped, limb four-lobed, downy : June to August. Introduced from 

 Java, 1845. 



M. TRICOLOR (three-coloured). Stem slender, drooping, 1 foot high. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, pale beneath, hairy on edges, under-surface, and 

 stalk. Flowers blood-red, throat bright orange, upper lobes striped 

 with black, corolla-tube much shorter than in foregoing species ; July. 

 Introduced from Borneo, 1857. 



The jEschynanthus may be grown as pot-plants or in 

 baskets suspended from the roof of a stove. The latter 

 is the more natural way, having regard to the habits of these plants. 

 For this purpose a mixture of peat and Sphagnum moss must be used. 

 The plants should be kept moist by frequent syringing, and occasionally 

 the baskets should be entirely immersed in a pail of tepid water ; grown 

 as pot-plants they require a light soil with frequent renewals. Propa- 

 gation is principally effected by striking cuttings in spring, made from 

 half-ripened wood inserted in pots of well-drained light compost above 

 which is a thick layer of silver sand. They root easily if kept close in 

 a frame or under a bell-glass. The plants require to be repotted every 

 spring. JF. speciosus is best adapted for pot-culture, as it is a sturdy 

 grower. 



ECCREMOCARPUS 



Natural Order Bignoniace^. Genus Eccremocarpits 



EccREMOCARPUS (Greek, ekkremes, hanging, and karpos, frait). A small 

 genus of half-hardy perennial climbers with a somewhat shrubby stem, 

 long succulent branches, and much-divided, compound, opposite leaves 

 ending in a branched tendril. The flowers are brilliantly coloured, and 

 consist of a five-lobed, bell-shaped calyx, and a tubular corolla with 

 constricted five-lobed mouth. Stamens four, two long and two short, 

 with a rudimentary fifth stamen. The o\'ary is encircled by a glandular 

 ring, and develops into a one-celled oval capsule opening by two valves. 

 The seeds are surrounded by a membranous Aving. Tlie species are 

 South American. 



EccREMOCARPUS LONGIFLORUS (long-flowered). Stem 

 'woody, 12 to 15 feet high. Leaves twice- or thrice- 



Principal Species. 



