342 ovi. GESNEEACEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) [/Eschynantlms. 



SuBTEOPlCAl Easteen HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Sibkim, Bhotan and Upper 

 Assam, frequent, S. f. ^ T., &c. Khasia and Jaintea Mts., alt. 500-3000 ft. 

 Wallich, &c. Caohab ; Keenan. — -Distbib. Hongkong. 



Sranches long, divided, terete. Leaves 3J— 4 by \\ in., acuminate, base cuneate 

 petiole \ in. Peduncles 3-7 together, approximate or clustered towards the ends of 

 the branches, ^-li in., 1-4 fld. ; bracteoles at the forks 2, ^ in. diam., broadly ovate ; 

 pedicels f in. Calt/x wide at the base, green ; lobes persistent, ultimately reflexed 

 Corolla wide-tubular, straight ; upper lip erect, green j lower pendent, yellow, some- 

 times reddish on the margin without. Filaments far exserted, minutely glandular- 

 hairy. Capsule 6 in. — .The Hongkong plant has narrower leaves than the Khasian 

 Bentham never proposed to unite JE. acuminata. Wall., to ^. hracteata. Wall. ; but 

 to refer to the latter certain specimens which had been wrongfully mixed up with 

 those otJE. acuminata. 



17. S!> bracteata, Wall. Cat. 794; glabrous, leaves largeish elliptic 

 acuminate fleshy, peduncles 1- or several-fld., calyx-lobes § in. lanceolate 

 red, corolla 1^ in. scarlet. DC. Prodr. ix. 261; Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. 

 Seng. tt. 43, 44. .Mi. Paxtoni, Lindl. in Journ. Sort. Soc. iv. 79, with Jig. 

 M. Peelii, Sook. f. HI. Bimal. Fl. t. 17.— .^Eschynauthi sp., arif. le. PI. 

 Ind. Or. i. 432, and Notul. iv. 156. -^scbynantboidea, Griff, ttin. Notes, 

 28, n. 429. Oyrtandraoea, Griff. Bin. Notes, 25, n. 388. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; Sikkim and Bhotan, G-riffith, J. B. M., 

 &c. Upper Assam ; JWra. iWaoA. Khasia Mis. , alt. 2-5000 ft., common ; Wallieh, 

 Griffith, H.f.^ 2'.,&e.— DiSTEiB. Ava. 



Epiphytic; branches long, terete. Leaves 4 by IJ in., from subrotund to narrow- 

 lanceolate, base cuneate or rounded; petiole \ in. Peduncles mostly terminal, often 

 opposite, 1 in., 1-7-fld. ; bracts 1 in., elliptic-lanceolate scarlet as are the pedicels 

 and calyces. Sepals nearly free, deciduous. Corolla nearly glabrous without, lower 

 lip with reflexed lobes. Filaments exserted, minutely glandular-hairy. Capsule 

 4-6 iu. 



18. SS. BLingrii, Clarke; glabrous, leaves large long elliptic herba- 

 ceous, peduncles 3-7-fld., calyx-lobes J in. lanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 green. 



Sikkim; alt. 6000 ft., King. 



Leaves 7^ by 3 in., base broadly rhomboid ; nerves 7-8 pair. Peduncles 3-nate, 

 2-24 in. ; bracts caducous. Calyx persistent in young fruit, base shortly funnel- 

 shaped, membranous. CoroHa not seen. /Seeds with one hair at each end. — Seems 

 nearly allied to M. bracteata, but the texture is very unlike. 



19. ^. superba, Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 46 ; glabrous, leaves 

 large oblong aounjinate, umbels dense few-fld., sepals 1 in. broad-oblong 

 obtuse, corolla H in. rose-red. M. longiflora. Wall. Cat. n. 795, not of 

 Blume.—MschjTissRQms sp. n. 4, Herb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. Oyrtandraoea, 

 Griff. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 431, and Notul. iv. 160, and Bin. Notes, 43, n. 677. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 1500-4000 ft., frequent ; Wallich, Griffith, H. f. &. T., &c. 

 Assam ; Mrs. MacTc. 



Stems several fathoms long, branched, scrambling among rocks. Leaves 6 by 2 

 in., base cuneate or rounded ; petiole J in. Peduncles 1 in., terminal and on short 

 axillary spurs, stout ; bracts f-2 in., ovate-oblong, deciduous, rose-red as is the whole 

 inflorescence ; pedicels 1-6, 0-| in., subumbelled. Sepals thin, deciduous. Corolla, 

 tubular, curved, mouth slightly oblique. Filaments exserted, minutely glandular- 

 hairy. Capsule 12-16 in. 



Sect. 4. Kolocalyx. Seed with an apophysis of hyaline large cells 

 and one hair at the hilum, and one hair at the apex. Calyx not deeply 

 lobed. — [Peduncles short, 2-fld.. axillary and terminal, often crowded near 



