Dr. Lindley, in describing this species, after paying a 

 well-merited compliment to the Horticultural Society of 

 London for the many choice productions which it has heen 

 the means of introducing to this country from all parts of 

 the world, says of the plant itself, " More beautiful than the 

 gayest of the stove herbaceous plants, as easy to cultivate 

 as the commonest of perennials, more prodigal of flowers 

 than the finest of the Gloxinias, ever blooming, except 

 during the few mouths when it sinks into its winter rest, 

 this Achimenes longifiora is an invaluable gift by the Society 

 to every one who has a warm greenhouse." It has, indeed, 

 only to be treated as the common Achimenes coccinea 

 (better known as Cyrilla pulchella), and it will thrive as 

 readily. Our plant, presented by the Horticultural Society 

 to the Royal Botanic Garden, from which the present draw- 

 ing was made, has been unceasingly flowering for a period 

 of four months, and it is but now (October 4th) beginning 

 to siuk into its state of winter rest. 



Descr. The roots of this plant are fibrous, proceeding 

 from subterraneous, filiform stolones, which bear copious 

 scaly buds, or new plants for the succeeding year. Stems 

 purple, erect, herbaceous, one to two feet high, rounded, 

 clothed with patent hairs. Leaves opposite, more generally 

 ternately or quaternately verticillate, between ovate and 

 oblong, acute or somewhat acuminate, serrated, hairy, paler 

 and often purplish beneath. Flowers solitary, but one 

 springs from the axil of almost every leaf. Peduncles short, 

 about equal in length with the calyx. Calyx cut into five 

 deep, lanceolate segments. Corolla salver-shaped. Tube 

 very long and slender, gracefully curved, pale reddish 

 purple. Limb very large, spreading, rich violet blue, pale 

 and almost white beneath : this limb is cut into five broad, 

 obcordate segments, with the lower segment (from luxuri- 

 ance) frequently again divided, so as to present six seg- 

 ments. Style and stamens included. 



