GESNERACEA. ; 473 
4, GLOXINIA. 
Glowinia, Lher. Stirp. Nov. p. 149; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 998. 
Salisia, olim Escheria, Regel in Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 894. 
A genus of about six herbaceous species, ranging from Mexico to Brazil. 
1. Gloxinia glabrata, Zucc. in Flora, xv. Beibl. p- 99; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. ii. p. 998 (ubi “ glabra”). 
Plectopoma gloxiniflorum, Hanst. in Linnea, xxvii. pp. 714 et 759. 
Gloxinia fimbriata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4430. 
Achimenes gloxiniflora, Forkel, Fl. des Serres, iv. t. 318. 
Diastema gloxiniflorum, Regel, Cat. Hort. Zur. 18538, p. 34. 
Plectopoma fimbriatum, Hanst. in Linnea, xxvi. p. 201. 
Plectopoma glabratum, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 434. 
South Mexico, Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
2. Gloxinia micrantha, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. 2, p. 35; Hanst. 
in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 443. 
SoutH MExico, western Cordillera of Oaxaca, 4500 to 6000 feet (Galeotti, 1912). 
3. Gloxinia pallidiflora, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4213; Hanst. in Linnea, xxvii. 
p. 716. 
PanaMA, Paraiso station (S. Hayes, 271).—Cotomsia; VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
5. ACHIMENES. 
Achimenes, P. Br. Hist. Jam. p. 271; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 998. 
About twenty herbaceous species, ranging from Mexico and the West Indies to 
Brazil. 
1. Achimenes amena, Van Houtte, ex Hanst. in Linnea, xxvii. p. 713. 
Guthnickia mimuliflora, Regel in Flora, 1849, p. 179; CEérst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. v. 
(reprint, p. 22). 
South Mexico; GuaTema.a, near Soconusco ( Warscewicz). 
2. Achimenes andrieuxii, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 536; Hanst. in Linnea, xxvii. 
pp. 724 et 777. 
Gloxinia verticillata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. 2 (reprint, p. 4)? 
SoutH Mexico, between Tehuantepec and Rio Guazacualcos (Andrieux, 265), Oaxaca, 
Pacific side (Galeotti, 1911). Hb. Kew. . 
3. Achimenes autumnalis, Hanst. in Linnea, xxvii. pp. 724 et 744; CErst. in 
Danske Vidensk. Selskabs Skrift. v (reprint, p. 17). 
GUATEMALA ? 
4, Achimenes coccinea, Pers. Syn. ii. p. 169; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 935; Hanst. 
in Linnea, xxvii. pp. 706 et 739, excl. B. rosea. 
Cyrilla pulchella, Lher. Stirp. Nov. t. 71; Bot. Mag. t. 374. 
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