^CHiMEXES HORTUS JAMATCENSIS, j 



cigbt-leaved, the leaflets coalesceing at the base; inner marked with ten streaks, five- 

 toothed at the tip. Corolla and tube scarlet, the latter twisted into a spiral, uprii>ht, 

 very long. Stigmas hisped, blackish. 



2. MOLLIS. 



Leaves tomentose, leaflets of the outer calyx spreading. 

 This is called the wcolhj achanta. Tiie brandies, petioles, and leaves, are covered 

 with a very thick nap. Tne leaves are sometimes cortlate-ovate acuminate, and some- 

 times angular, slightly three-lobed. 



3. PIL03A. 



Leaves'hairy, obtuse, acute. S-.v. Pr. p. 102. 



The hairy achania has a very different appearance from the two formei . It is shrub- 

 by, as they are, but the stem and branches are smaller, thinner, and not downy. The 

 leaves are hairy, cordate-ovate, with broad irregular senatures about the edge ; some 

 of them blunt and even retuse, but others acute. The stipules are subulate. The leaf- 

 lets of tiie outer calyx spread out towartls the end and sjiatulate. The flowers are snial!, 

 convolute, and closed. These plants may be propagated by cuttings or seeds. 



ACHIMENES. COLUMNEA. 



Cl. 14, OR. 2.Dulynamia angiospermia. Nat. ok. Fersonat,c. 



The name columnea was given by Plumier, in honour of Fabius Columna, or Co- 

 lonna, of Italy. 



Gen. CfL\R. Calyx a large one-leafed perianthum, five-parted ; corolla laiTe, 

 one-petaled, ringent, gaping, tubular, upper lip three-parted, middle part vaulted, 

 emarginate ; the stamina in the upper lip ; anthers connected ; germen roundish; 

 capsule one or two-celled ; seeds numerous, small, nestling. Thel-e are six spe- 

 .cies, three of which are found in this island. 



1. HIR.5UTA. 



' Rapimcidus fruticcsiis, foliis oblongis, integris, rillosis, ex advcrso si- 

 tis, fore put pureoxillnso. Sloane, v. I,"p. 157, t. 100, f. 1. J/(7- 

 jor, herlnicca, siibhirmta, oblique assurgens, Kc. Browne, p. 270, 

 t. 30, f. 3. 



T.eaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, roughlj- hairy on the upper surface, calycine 

 leaflets tooth-letted lanceolate ; they and the corollas hirsute, the uj^per lip 

 bifid. 



The larger hairy achimenes. This beautiful vegetable is a native of tlie cooler moun- 

 "tains, and most commonly met with in the woods of New Liguanea and St. Ann's. It 

 is a ver^' succulent plant, and grov.s luxuriantly in every rich and shady soil ; tb-owin^ 

 its branches frequently to the heigbt of four or five feet, and higher, "when supported 

 by some neighbouring shrub or stump. The stem is pretty thick, and tlie leaves op- 

 posite and alternately larger. Tlic flowers are large, beautifully variegated, and hairv 

 on the outside, like the other parts of the plant. Tiie divisions of the cup are of a siu'- 



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