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ACHIMENES LONGIFLORA. LoNG-FLOWERED 

 ACHIMENES. 



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 Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — GesneriacejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus lobis lanceo- 

 latis. Cor. tubuloso-infundibuliformis basi hinc saepe gib- 

 ba, limbo piano 5-fido, lobis subaequalibus subrotundis. 

 Stam. 4 didynama, antheris non cohaBrentibus. Rudimenta 

 stam. quinti corollae basi inferne impositum. Nectarium 

 glandulosum angulare tenue. Stylus in stigma vix incras- 

 satum obliquurn aut subbilobum abeuns. Capsula semibi- 

 locul. bivalvis, placentis parietalibus subsessilibus. — Herbae 

 Americana? erectte villosce. Folia opposita aut temo-verti- 

 cillata petiolata dentata. Pedicelli unijlori axillares. Cor. 

 coccinece aut purpurea multo quam Gloxinias minores. 

 Radices saltern specierum rite cognitarum, bulbillis squamo- 

 sis onusta?. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Achimenes* longiflora ; foliis 3 — 4-natim verticillatis ovatis 

 oblongisve grosse serratis cauleque hirsutis, pedicellis 

 unifloris calyce brevioribus, calycis laciniis lanceo- 

 latis erectis corollas tubo 4-plo brevioribus, corollas 

 limbo amplo patente. Benth. PL Hartw. p. 89. n. 

 604. 



Achimenes longiflora. De Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 536. For- 

 tune in Hort. Trans, v. 2. N. S. p. 508. t. 14. Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. 1842, t. 9. 



Dr. 



* A name given by Patrick Browne, of unknown origin. 



