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* ACHIMENES rosea. 

 The Rose-coloured Achimenes. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 

 Nat. ord. Gesnerace^e. 



ACHIMENES. P. Browne. Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5- 

 partitus lobis lanceolatis. Corolla tubuloso-infimdibuliformis basi hiuc seepe 

 gibba, limbo piano 5-fido, lobis subsequalibus subrotundis. Stamina 4 didy- 

 nama, antberis uon cohserentibus. Rudimentum stam. quinti corollee basi 

 inferne imposituru. Nectarium glandulosum annulare tenue. Stylus in 

 stigma vix incrassatum obliquum aut subbilobum abiens. Capsuto semibi- 



locularis bivalvis, placentis parietalibus subsessilibus. Herbse Americanee 



ei'ectce villosce. Folia opposita aut terno-vertieillata petiolata dentata. Pedi- 

 celli 1 -fiori axillares. Cor. coccinece aut purpurea multo quam Gloxinia mi- 

 nores. Radices, saltern specierum rite cognitarum, bulbillis squamosis onustce. 

 DeCand. Prodr. vn. 



A. rosea; foliis scabro pilosis oppositis aut terno-verticillatis ovatis acutis 

 serratis, pedicellis fibformibus plurifloris pilis longis patentibus vestitis, 

 calycis lobis lanceolato-linearibus erectis corolla triplo brevioribus, co- 

 rollas limbo tubo requali. 



The name now applied to such plants as these was origi- 

 nally given by Dr. Patrick Browne, in his History of Jamaica, 

 to two species, one of which has long been common in our 

 gardens. At a later period L'Heritier called the latter Cy- 

 rilla, and under the name of C. pulchella it is familiar to all 

 lovers of beautiful plants ; but as it was very different from 

 the Cyrilla of Linnseus, that name was subsequently can- 

 celled. Then it was that Willdenow proposed the name of 

 Trevirana, in which he has been followed by others ; and we 

 think it would have been far better if that name had been 

 retained. Now however M. DeCandolle, following Persoon 



* Tbe derivation of this word is unknown. Smith conjectures it to have 

 been formed from a privative and x tl P an/t >> to be wintry or tempestuous, in 

 supposed allusion to the plant not liking wintry weather ; a very forced ex- 

 planation as it seems to us : but we have nothing better to offer 



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