Tas. 5195. 
CYRTODEIRA cupreata, var. viridifolia. 
Coppery Cyrtodeira ; green-leaved var. 
Nat. Ord. GESNERIACE#.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. CyrtopEIRa, Hanst. Calyx parvulus, foliolis anguste lanceolatis 
patentibus v. recurvatis. Corolle tubus basi postice gibbus, sursum dein de- 
orsum curvatus, leviter ampliatus. Annulus et glandula. Stigma stomato- 
morphum. ilamenta inter se et cum corolla basi connata. Hanst. 
CYRTODEIRA cupreata ; repens stolonifera undique pubescenti-hirsuta, foliis ellip- 
ticis petiolatis serratis reticulatim venosis (cupreatis v. viridibus), pedunculis 
axillaribus solitariis unifloris petiolo longioribus, calycis laxi profunde 5- 
partiti laciniis lineari-spathulatis subsecundis, corolla tubo calycem sub- 
duplo superante curvato, ore fimbriato-glanduloso, limbi patentis lobis rotun- 
datis planis crenatis, staminibus styloque inclusis. 
Var. cupreata ; foliis cupreatis. 
ACHIMENES cupreata. Hook, Bot. Mag. t. 4312. 
CyrTopEIRa cupreata. Hanst. Gesn. in Linnea, v. 26. p. 207. t. 2. f. 39. 
Var. viridifolia ; foliis viridibus. (Tas. Nostr. 5195.) 
Tapina (Achimenes) splendens. Triana, in Lind. Cat. 1857 (name only). 
The Natural Order of Gesneriacee has recently occupied the 
attention of Dr. Oersted and Dr. Hanstein, and the result of 
their studies has been the establishment, in the view of the 
latter author, of sixty-seven genera, divided into two principal, 
and twelve sub-tribes.. These are accompanied by well executed 
figures of the flowers of each genus. Our <Achimenes cupreata 
(Bot. Mag. Tab. 4312) there constitutes a new genus, with the 
character given above. ‘That plant, native of New Grenada, is 
remarkable for the coppery colour of the foliage. Our present 
plant, from the same region, differs, and differs only from it in 
the much larger flowers, and in the absence of the coppery tinge 
to the foliage. I cannot therefore agree with M. Triana, who has 
constituted of it a new species, and who has referred it to the 
genus Zapina, Mart., with which it does not correspond. Mr. 
Linden observes of it (for there is no specific character or de- 
scription),—‘‘ Cette jolie plante rappelle par le port Vl Achime- 
nes cupreata, dont il différe toutefois par la teinte argentée des 
AUGUST lst, 1860. 
