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ACHIMENES hirsuta. 

 Hairy Achimenes. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. GesneracejE. 



ACHIMENES. Botanical Register, 1842. fol. 19. 



A. hirsuta; caulibus hirsutis paniculatis bdbubfens, fo In s corckti serra 

 hirsutis, pedunculis solitarhs foliis a^ahbus, corolla. Umbo piano laci- 

 niis rotundatis serrulatis. Undl. in Bat. Reg. 1843. misc. 103. 



This pretty plant forms another acceptable addition to the 

 ch^^Achiinen^ and will probably become , . hnos 

 as great a favourite as any of the species In habit * bears 

 the nearest resemblance to A. peduncula a, and like ^ that 

 beautiful thing is disposed to bear little bulbs m the a*ils ot 

 its leaves and branches. 



The history of its introduction is «V^£!jK£ 

 importers of nlants How often do we find gardeners throw 

 importers or piams. u f raame nts that remain 



ing away the moss, and mould, ana irag mc 

 affer every foreign case of plants is *™*»*i™X£ao 

 cipal part of the contents removed ; and how often jd«« 

 they thus reject the most interesting species, Mj**^ 

 the fertile mother of new inventions so is ***»« £? 

 introductions. Canna iridiflora was ohtained froni seeds ace. 

 dentally found in an old herbarium ;. several -0"*£»°E 

 plants have been picked off dried specimens ■ ^and this M 

 menes adds another to the list. It was »"M"?"?f *5£ 

 of Orchidaceous plants imported from Guatemala M* £ 

 auction a few months ago; Mr. Henderson, o 'the Fme App 

 Place Nursery, accidentally detected it ; f^™*J?Z 

 which must hive been often sent home with rmte-ar e^ 

 former occasions, was Drought to our garden* » 

 attention whatever. 



November, 1843. 



