THE FLORIST 



AID HOBTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. IL] Philadelphia, May, 1853. [No. 5. 



^SCHYNANTHUS PULCHER. 



GesneriaceiB § Cyrtaadreae. — Dldjnamia-Angiospermia. 



CHAR ACT. GENER. — Calyx ventricoso-tubulosus apice 5-lobus 5-iidus v. 5- 

 partitus, lobis cequalibus. Corolla tubulosa incurva, limbo obliquosubinrequaliter 

 5-ndo subbilabiato. Stamina 4 antherifera didynama saepe exserta cum rudimenti 

 quinti; loculis antherarum parallelis. Ovarium annulo cyathiformi basi cinclum. 

 Stylus filiformis; stigmate integro depresso-concavo. Capsula siliquceformis elon- 

 gata acuminata, valvis doubus strictis, placentis biridis bilamellatis margine revo- 

 lutis quasi 4-locularis. Semina numerosa minuta obliqua pendula ulrinque setis 

 longis paucis aut solitaries appendiculata, funiculo nullo aut capillis multo bre- 

 viore. 



SuTructic^s indici pseuda-parasitici scandenfes saipius radicantes, caulibus tere- 

 tibua geniculatis glabris, foliis oppositis petiolatis carnosis inte^errimis scepissime 

 glubris, pediculis terminalibus aut axillaribus 1 -Z-rar ius plurifloris, corollis rubris 

 (rarissime viridibus.) 



DC. et Fil. Prodr. IX. '260. (Parentheses excepta.) 



CHARACT. SPECIE!. — JE. scandens, foliis ovatis coriaceo-carnosis immerse 

 venosis obscure dentatis, corymbis terminalibus bracteatis, calyce ovato cylindra- 

 ceoglabro basi obtuso, segmentis brevibus erectis, corolla calyce triplo longiore 

 glabro. Hook. 



JEschynanthus pulcher Alp. DC. (1) Prodr. IX. 262. Bot. Mag. t. 4264. 1846. 



Trickoporum pulckrum Blttme Bijdr. 764. Hassk. Cat. bogor. 153. 



Among the various species of the genus Aeschynanthus which 

 are now to be found in our greenhouses, none is more valuable than 

 this, either in foliage or in flower. The deep green of the leaves 

 and the graceful pendulous branches are alone an ornament ; and 

 when the long shoots are terminated by clusters of sometimes eight 

 or ten flowers, the effect produced is very pleasing. This species is 

 very like its congener, JE. Lobbianus, but has a lighter colored and 

 perfectly smooth calyx and a longer corolla. As the propagation of 

 these plants is very easy, we hope to see them introduced to every 

 collection. The species at present cultivated in this country are, 

 Aesch. pulcher, Lobbianus, Boschianus, Javanicus, grandiflorus, 

 ramosus, speciosus, miniatus and albidus. A hybrid has been lately 

 sent out in England by Messrs. Lucombe Pince, & Co , called splen- 

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