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ACHIMENES pedunculatu. 

 Long -stalked Achimenes. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 

 Nat. ord. Gesnerace.e. 

 ACHIMENES. Botanical Register, 1841. ^. 65. 



k. pedunculata; caule erecto simplici pubescente, foliis parCim inaequalibus 

 petiolatis oblique cordato-ovatis serratis supra sparse pilosulis subtt\s ad 

 venas pubescentibus, peduuculis subbifloris folio lougioribus calycibusque 

 pubescentibus, corolla nutante infundibulari elongata, limbi laciniis planis 

 supreniis niinoribus. 



A, pedunculata. Bentham hi Plant. Hartioeg. p. 78. no. 546. 



• The shady woods of Santa Maria, in Guatemala, produced 

 this fine species for Mr. Hartweg, who forwarded it to the 

 Horticuhural Society. It flowered for the first time in 

 September 18il. 



In appearance it is more like a Gesnera than an Achi- 

 menes, but, if the limits assigned to these genera by DeCan- 

 dolle are the true ones, Mr. Bentham has rightly placed it in 

 Achimenes. For it has a cup-shaped disk and distinct 

 anthers which appear to be among the most important attri- 

 butes of the latter genus. Jt has too the thin soft foliage of 

 Achimenes instead of the thick coarse leaves of a Gesnera. 



In a cultivated state the appearance of this species is 

 much improved. The wild specimens have larger leaves and 

 smaller flowers, and look like drawn up plants pulled out of 

 a thicket where they had been struggling with darkness and 

 a scanty soil for their existence. In the hothouse the flowers 

 are more numerous, larger, and of a peculiarly deep scarlet, 

 richly marked with rows of crimson spots. It is a good 

 addition to collections. 



Jme, 1842. n 



