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Tas. 4359. 
ACHIMENES ocertuata. 
kyeletted Achimenes. 
Nat. Ord. GesNeRIACEe.—-DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4312.) 
AcuiMENES ocellata ; elata erecta subsimplex, caule superne pubescenti-scabra, 
foliis sublonge petiolatis ovatis acuminatis grosse serratis rugosis asperis 
subtus coloratis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis folio multo brevioribns 
infra medium bibracteatis, floribus nutantibus, calycis tubo ovario omnino 
adnato, corolla: tubo campanulato, lobis rotundatis subzequalibus patentibus 
ocellatis, glandulis epigynis 5 zqualibus basi unitis. 
Roots of this beautiful new <Achimenes were sent from the 
Isthmus of Panama, by the Government Collector and Naturalist 
of H.M.S. Herald, Mr.Seemann ; and they produced their bright 
coloured flowers in the winter of 1847-8, in the stove of the 
Royal Gardens. In the early spring, however, let it be remarked, 
after our plate was finished, the blossoms became much more 
brilliant, of a deep vermillion, but with less of the white round 
the black dots; so that the name was less characteristic. It 
promises to be a great ornament to our collections, and will, in 
the summer, we carinot doubt, flourish best in a cool greenhouse. 
The leaves, too, are handsome, and of a very full green colour, 
purple below ; and a deeper purple is on the stems and petioles. 
Descr. Roots small, tuberous, by which it is readily increased. 
Stems erect, one or two feet high, subterete, deep purple, above | 
pubescenti-scabrous, the hairs appressed. Leaves opposite, large, 
ovate, acuminate, copiously reticulated with veins and wrinkled, 
the under-side purple, the margin coarsely serrated ; the upper- 
side dark shining green, scabrous. Pefioles an inch or more 
long, rather thick, purple. Peduncles red, erect, slender, much 
shorter than the leaves, about as long as the internodes, having 
& pair of small, frequently unequal, green bracteas at the base. 
Calye hairy ; ¢vbe turbmate, red, adherent with the ovary ; 
lacinie@ broadly subulate, green, spreading. Corolla drooping, 
bright red, pubescent; the tube campanulate, the limb of five 
MARCH Ist, 1848. 
