( 3993 ) 



ACHIMENES MULTIFLORA. MANY-FLOWERED 



ACHIMENES. 



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 Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneriace<e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis lan- 

 ceolatis. Corolla tubuloso-infuudibuliformis basi hinc saepe 

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

 Stamina 4 didynama, antheris won cohaerentibus. Rudi- 

 mentum stamin. quinti corollae basi inferne impositum. 

 Nectarium glandulosurn annulare tenue. Stylus in stigma 

 vix incrassatum obliquum aut subbilobum abeuns. Cap- 

 sula semibilocularis, bivalvis, placentis parietalibus subses- 

 silibus. — Herbae Americance erecta? villosee. Folia opposita 

 aut terno-verticillata petiolata dentata. Pedicelli \-flori, 

 axiltares. Corollas coccinea? aut purpurea multo quam 

 Gloxinias minores. Radices, saltern specierum rite cogni- 

 tarum, bulbillis squamosis onustce. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Achimenes multifiora; tota hirsuta, foliis petiolatis oppo- 

 sitis ternisve ovatis acutis basi obtusis argute subdupli- 

 cato-serratis, pedunculisaxillaribus 3 — 5-floris, calycis 

 lobis linearibus hirsutis, corollae tubo infundibuliformi 

 decurvo liuibi lobis rotundatis inferiore praecipue fim- 

 briato. 



(«.) corollas lobo inferiore solummodo fimbriato. 



Achimenes multifiora. Gardn. Herb. Braz. n. 3873. in 

 Hook. Ic. PI. Tab. 468. 



(|3.) corollae lobis omnibus grosse fimbriatis. ( Tab. nostr. 

 3993.; 



This very beautiful stove plant inhabits dry banks, in 

 woods, on the Serra de Santa Brida, and near Villa de 



A ray os, 



