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ACHIMENES GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOW- 

 ERED ACHIMENES. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Gesneriace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, Iobis 

 lanceolatis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis basi hinc 

 saepe gibba, limbo piano 5-fido, lobis subsequalibus sub- 

 rotundis. Stamina 4, didynama, antheris non cohaerentibus. 

 Rudimentum staminis quinti corollae basi in feme impo- 

 situm. Nectarium glandulosum annulare tenue. Stylus 

 in stigma vix incrassatum obliquumautsubbilobum abeuns. 

 Capsula semibilocularis, bivalvis, placentis parietalibus 

 subsessilibus. — Herbae Americana erected, villosce. Folia 

 opposita aut terno-verticillata petiolata dentata. Pedicelli 

 1-jlori, axillares. Corollae coccinece aut purpurea multo 

 quam Gloxinias minores. Radices, saltern specierum rite 

 cognitarum, bulbillis squamosis onusta. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Achimenes grandiflora; pilis patentibus hispida/foliis oppo- 

 sitis aequalibus ovatis acutis basi obliquis sparse serra- 

 tis. DC. ot * 



Achimenes grandiflora. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 5Jo. 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. 1842, n. 59. 



Trevirania grandiflora. Linncea, v. 8. p. 247. 



The drawing of this fine plant was sent to us in January 



last, by M. Va^n Houtte, of Ghent. Never having; seen a 



flowering specimen of the plant, I abstain from offering any 



° r description. 



vol. xvi. K 



