DIPLADENIA UROPHYLLA. 
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^SCHYNANTHUS MINIATUS. (VermiUon-flowered ^schynanthus.) 
Class, DiDYNAMiA. Order, Angiospermia. Nat. Order, Gesneriack^e. (Gesner-Worts, Veg. King.) 
Generic Character.— C«Zr/^ ventricosely tubular, five- 
cleft. Corolla tubular, incurved, with a dilated campanulate 
throat, and an oblique, sub-labiate limb. Stainens four, 
didynamous, exserted, usually with the rudiment of a fifth ; 
anthers at first conniving by pairs ; cells parallel. Stigma 
excavated, somewhat funnel-shaped. Capsule long, siliquose, 
two-valved, falsely four-celled. Seed>> small, generally sca- 
brous ; from papillaj ending in a bristle-like tail at both 
ends. 
Specific Character. — Plant epiphytal, evergreen. Stems 
trailing, slender, I'ooting at the joints. Leaves ovate-oblong, 
blunt, opposite, obscurely serrated, fleshy, about two inches 
long. Petioles short. Flowers in axillary and terminal 
fascicles, peduncled. Peduncle short, single-flowered. Calyx 
tTibular, smooth, medium size, green tinged with purple; 
segments equal, blunt. Corolla tubular, wide at the throat, 
funnel-shaped, swollen at the base, of a rich vermilion red, 
tinged with yellow in the throat and barred with purple ; 
limh divided into four obcordate, spreading segments, upper 
segment two-lobed. Stamens exserted, fastened to the tube 
of the corolla. Anthers joined in two pairs. Style one. 
Authorities and Synonymes.'— Jischynanthus, Jack, in 
Linn. Trans. ; Wallich in PI. Rar. Asiat. Incarvillea, 
Roxburgh. Lysionotus, Blume. Jischynanthus miniatus, 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg., xxxii., t. 61. .^Eschynanthus radicans, 
Wallich. Trichosporum radicans, Blume. 
Our drawing of this very pretty species of ^schynantlius was made from a specimen which 
tiowered in the stove of Messrs. Veitch and Son, at Exeter, in November, 1847. 
It is a native of Java, where it was discovered and sent to those gentlemen by 
Mr. Thomas Lobb, one of their collectors. 
In graceful habit and the production of bloom, perhaps A. miniata is fully equal to any 
other known species, for although the flowers are less in size compared with some, yet 
their profusion compensates for deficiency in this respect. The plant is easily managed, 
requiring, like the other kinds, to be grown in a warm, humid atmospliere, either planted 
in a suspended basket, or fixed to a block of wood in a shaded part of the Orchid house. 
In such a situation it luxariates, its slender shoots hanging in festoons of the most brilliant 
vermilion, relieved by the glossy green of its neat, fleshy foliage. 
The generic name is derived from aischuno, to be ashamed, and anthos, a flower ; in 
allusion to the plants always flowering in shady situations. 
DIPLADENIA UEOPHYLLA. (Taper-pointed Dipladenia.) 
Class, Pentandria. Order, Monogynia.^ Nat. Order, Apocynace^ (Dogbanes, Veg. King.) 
Generic Chakacter. — Mag. Gard. &j Bot. i., t. 4. 
Specific Character. — Plant a shruh. Branches numerous, 
terete, swollen at the joints, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 
petiolate, ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, and tapering to 
a long point at the extremity. Petioles long, articulated on 
the swollen part of the joint. jFZower* in axillary racemes. 
Racemes long, slender, flexuous, drooping. Pedicels of irre- 
gular lengths, according to their position in the raceme. 
Calyx small, deeply five-lobed ; segments awl-shaped. Co- 
rolla tubular, large, showy. Tube of a rich brownish yellow 
in the inside, paler without, and slightly tinged with rose 
colour ; the lower part contiguous with the calyx, yellow- 
green, nai-row, and cylindrical ; the upper part wide and 
campanulate ; limb divided into five large spreading obcor- 
date acute segments, of a rich rose colour ; throat of the 
richest yellow. Stamens shorter than the tube ; filaments 
hairy. Anthers monadelphous. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Echites urophylla of the 
Nurseries. Dipladenia urophylla. Hooker in Bot. Mag., 
t. 4414. 
This fine species forms an upright-growing evergreen bush, without any disposition to 
climb. The leaves are of a fine deep green, and shining on the upper surface, but paler 
beneath ; and the rich rosy crimson flowers hanging on their slender racemes, are exhibited 
to great advantage by their contrast with the green foliage. 
This is another of the many introductions of Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, who 
raised it from seeds collected by Mr. Lobb. The plant was found growing on the Organ 
Mountains of Brazil, at an elevation which renders the heat of the stove necessary to grow 
it to perfection. 
The habit of this plant being altogether different from that of any other known Dipladenia, 
we were almost inclined to consider it a member of another genus, but, on examination, it 
appears to be a true Dipladenia, as that genus is at present constituted. 
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