duction of several other ornamental plants, and to whose successful 
study of Cactacee science owes many interesting additions. The 
genus is closely allied to Gloxinia (§ Salisia, Regel) and Achi- 
menes ; from the former, considering as its type the Gloxinia 
maculata, 1’ Hérit. (Martynia perennis, Linn.), upon which the 
genus was founded. It differs in having the spur (gidéa) on the 
upper side of the corolla more developed and no inflation on the 
under side; while from the latter (Achimenes) it is easily dis- 
tinguished by its truly infundibuliform, not bilobed, stigma. In 
habit it resembles the genus Locheria, Reg., which includes the 
Achimenes hirsuta, A. pedunculata, and A. multiflora of botanists. 
Seem. 
Fig. 1. Stamens and base of the corolla. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
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