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ACHIMENES grandiflora. 
Large-flowered Achimenes. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. GESNERACE& (or GESNERWORTS). 
ACHIMENES. Botanical Register, 1842. t. 19. 
A. grandiflora; caule partibusque omnibus herbaceis villosis, foliis oppositis 
ovato-oblongis petiolatis basi obliquis serratis, pedunculis axillaribus 
solitariis terminalibusque petiolis longioribus, corollæ tubo limbo lon- 
giore compresso basi supra valdé gibboso limbi obliqui inzequalis laciniis 
rotundatis integerrimis. 
A. grandiflora, DeCand. prodr. 7. 536. Bot. Reg. 1842. misc. 59. Bot. 
Mag. t. 4012. Paxton's Magazine of Botany. 
Trevirania grandiflora, Schiede in Linnea, 8. 247. 
Among the species of this brilliant genus none excel in 
beauty this, which was introduced in 1842 from Belgium, a 
plant of it having been at that time sent to the Horticultural 
Society of London by Mr. Van Houtte of Ghent. 
We learn from the Zinnea that it was originally dis- 
covered by Deppe and Schiede in Mexico, growing upon 
shady rocks of the Barranca de Tioselos near the Hacienda 
de la Laguna. They described it as a most beautiful little 
plant, attracting attention by its large violet purple flowers, 
and green leaves stained with purple on the underside. 
In appearance it is most akin to À. longiflora, of which 
it has the habit: but its rich crimson-purple flowers are very 
unlike the violet ones of that species. They are also less 
delicate in texture, and do not suffer so much from accidents. 
Another fine species of this kind is the Achimenes patens, 
found by Mr. Hartweg in shady places between Zitaquara 
and the Hacienda de Laureles; it has the notched corolla of 
A. hirsuta, flowers like those of A. longiflora, and a long spur 
projecting from one side of the bottom of the tube of the 
corolla. Unfortunately it has still to be imported. 
