and Nees v. Esenbeck, has restored the name of Achimenes, 

 and it would be more inconvenient to resist the innovation 

 than to adopt it, since it has taken place in a work so univer- 

 sally employed by systematists as the Prodromus of M. De 

 Candolle. Therefore it is that we agree to the old Cyrilla 

 pulchella, otherwise Trevirania coccinea, being styled Achi- 

 menes coccinea, and that we name the present species Achi- 

 menes rosea. 



It is one of the most charming plants in our gardens, with 

 the habit and general structure of A. coccinea, and the same 

 disposition to pour forth masses of blossoms, but with deep 

 rich rosy flowers instead of scarlet ones. How it differs from 

 it otherwise it is not indeed very easy to say; unless it is that 

 the peduncles are more slender, with more spreading hairs ; 

 and a general tendency to branch. The proportion, too, be- 

 tween the limb and tube of the corolla seems materially dif- 

 ferent ; and the leaves are covered with elevated asperities on 

 each of which a hair is placed. 



Mr. Hartweg found it in Guatemala, and sent roots of it 

 to the Horticultural Society, in whose garden it has flowered 

 for the last three months. It will soon be common : but it 

 will not be possible for the Society to commence its distribu- 

 tion before the succeeding spring. 



It proves as easy to manage as the common A. coccinea. 

 The stems die off after flowering, and the roots must then be 

 kept perfectly dry throughout the winter, and spring before it 

 begins to grow. When it shews signs of growth it should be 

 repotted and divided if necessary, and then put in a situation 

 near the light and freely watered. It is best to start it in a 

 gentle heat, such as in a warm greenhouse, or cucumber- 

 frame, to enable it to form its stems and flower-buds, and 

 then it may be brought out to flower in the conservatory or 

 sitting room. It will grow in any rich free soil, and may be 

 propagated by cuttings, or by the numerous imbricated buds 

 which it forms both underground and on the stem. 



