Jli.SC II \' N A NTH US GRANDIFLORUS. 
(great-flowered .eschvnanthus.) 
class. order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
CYRTANDRACEJE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx ventricosely tubular, live-cleft. Corolla tubular, incurved, with a dilated, 
campanulate throat, and an oblique, sub-bilabiate limb. Stamens four, didynamous, exserted, usually 
with the rudiment of a fifth; anthers at first conniving by pairs ; cells parallel. Stigma exca- 
vated, somewhat funnel-shaped. Capsule long, silique- formed, two-valved, falsely four-celled. 
Seeds small, generally scabrous from papillae ending in a bristle-like tail at both ends — Don's Gard. 
and Botany. 
Specific Character. — Stem rooting. Leaves long, lanceolate, nerveless. Umbels terminal, many- 
flowered ; segments of calyx ovate ; lobes of corolla rounded, nearly equal. Style exserted. 
Rarely have we had the gratification of figuring so splendid a plant as the 
one represented in the annexed drawing. The brilliant colours of its flowers, their 
great profusion, and the fact of their being produced in such large clusters, render 
it one of the most deeply interesting and strikingly ornamental objects with which 
we possess an acquaintance. Our readers will be enabled to form a tolerably 
correct conception of its beauty from the present figure, which, we may observe, 
is far from being too highly coloured, or too glowingly represented, but, on the 
contrary, falls short of conveying an adequate idea of its distinguished splendour. 
This plant is not more remarkable for the beauty of its flowers, than it is for 
its singular character and habits. It has by some been considered a parasite, but 
that this is an erroneous impression, and that this species is a true epiphyte, is 
sufficiently proved by the fact of its thriving equally as well on dead as on living 
branches ; thus demonstrating that it derives its support solely from atmospheric 
sources. In this respect it is a perfect novelty, as we are not acquainted with 
another shrub which resembles it in habit. 
Like the majority of Epiphytes, it thrives best in reduced moss, with a little 
heath-soil and potsherds ; but the pots require to be very effectively drained. It 
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