AGALMYLA STAMINEA. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
(Long-Stamened Agalmyla.) 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
GESNERACEiE. 
(Gesnerwort?, Veg.King.) 
Generic Character.— CaZyo; five-parted, equal. Co- 
rolla tubular, incurved, with a dilated throat, and an 
oblique, five-lobed, sub-labiate limb. Stamens five, 
exserted, of which two or four are fertile; anthers 
linear, connected, with parallel cells. Stigma bil-amel- 
late. Capsule very long, silique-formed, two-valved, 
falsely four-celled. Seeds minute, ending in a hair at 
both ends.— Dow. 
Specific Character.— an epiphyte. Stems 
creeping, robust, rooting at the joints, hairy. Leaves 
alternate, oblong, acuminated, denticulated, nearly 
equal at the base, fleshy, bright glossy green on the 
upper side, downy beneath and on the edges, about 
six inches long and four broad. Petiole three inches 
long, fleshy. Flowers diandrous, produced in dense 
fascicles at the axils of the leaves ; each fascicle con- 
taining about fifteen flowers. Calyx tubular, smooth, 
green. Corolla-tube two inches long, of the brightest 
scarlet; throat wide, clothed with hairs; limb im- 
perfectly two-lipped ; upper lip two-lobed, lower three- 
lobed. Stamens exserted ; filaments extending an inch 
beyond the tube of the corolla, of a bright purple. 
Style shorter than the stamens. Stigma divided at the 
termination into two broad thin plates. 
Synonymes and Authorities — Agalmyla Blume, 
Bijdr., p. 766 ; Agalmyla staminea Blume, Bijdr., 
p- 767 ; Cyrtandra staminea Vahl., Enumer. 1, p. 105 ; 
Justicia parasitica Lam., Ill 1, p. 42. 
In December, 1847, Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, sent for exhibition 
to the Horticultural Society’s Eooms, Kegent Street, a fine specimen of this 
remarkably singular and handsome plant. The flowers resemble those of 
JEschynanthus, but the plant differs materially in habit. 
It is a native of Java, whence it was lately introduced by the above gentlemen 
through their indefatigable collector, Mr. Thomas Lobb, who discovered it growing 
in humid parts of mountain woods. 
It is easily cultivated : the same treatment as is given to the various species of 
JEschynanthus suits it well ; namely, the temperature of a warm and moist stove, 
with liberal watering and syringing during the period of growth ; but in the season 
of rest to be kept nearly dry. 
It should be potted in turfy peat, mixed with a portion of loam and sand, or 
vegetable mould. Good drainage is essential, both in the bottom of the pot, and 
also mixed through the soil. 
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