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ACHIMENES PEDUNCULATA. LoNG-STALKED 

 ACHIMENES. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — GesneriacejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



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

 ceolatis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis basi hinc saspe 

 gibba, limbo piano 5-fido, lobus subaequalibus rotundis. 

 Stamina 4 didynama, antheris non cohaarentibus. Rudi- 

 mentum stamin. quinti corollas basi interne impositum. 

 Nectarium glandulosum annulare tenue. Stylus in stigma 

 vix incrassatum obliquum aut subbilobum abeuns. Cap- 

 sula semibilocularis bivalvis, placentis parietalibus subses- 

 silibus. — Herbae Americana erected villosce. Folia opposita 

 aut terno-verticillata petiolata dentata. Pedicelli l-Jlores 

 axillares. Corollas coccinece aut purpurece multo quam Glox- 

 mice minores. Radices bulbillis squamosis onust&. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Achimenes pedunculata; caule erecto simplici pubescente, 

 foliis parum inasqualibus petiolatis oblique cordato- 

 ovatis serratis supra sparse pilosulis subtus ad venas 

 pubescentibus, pedunculis in axillis supremis folio sub- 

 longioribus calycibusque pubescentibus, corolla nu- 

 tante basi gibba. Benth. 



Achimenes pedunculata. Benth. in. Plants Hartw. p. 78. 

 n. 546. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, tab. 31. 



This, again, is one of the many fine new plants introduced 

 to our collections through the instrumentality of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, by their Collector, Mr. Hartweg. It was 

 found in shaded, woody places of Santa Maria, Guatemala, 



and 



