458 REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF ACHIMENE5. 



25. A. latifoUa pallida. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderso.v & Sox. This variety re- 

 sembles A. longifolia in habit and appearance. The flowers are 

 violet-purple, paler beneath the eye. 



26. A. leighii. 



From Messrs. E. G. Hekdebson & Sox. Flowers purple. 

 The plants vfere v?eakly, so that the variety was not seen iu its 

 true character, but it appeared distinct and promising. 



27. A. Liebmaniu. 



From Mr. Veitch. Flowers medium-sized, purplish-rose, 

 whitish below the eye, and crenelled at the margin. It is of 

 dwarfish habit. 



28. A. longiflora alba. 



From Mr. Veitch, Messrs. Eollisson & Sons, and Messrs. 

 E G. Hendeeson & Son. Flowers medium-sized, white with 

 small radiating purple eye. 



29. A. longiflora major. 



From Mr. Veitch. Flowers large, with long flattened tube, 

 and the limb lying almost in the same plane, violet-blue, bomc- 

 what paler beneath the eye. It is of a more decided blue than 

 A. Belmontiensis, and is in every way a first-class variety. 



30. A. longiflora rosea. 



From Mr. Veitch. Flowers medium-sized, reddish-violet, 

 inferior to those of A. Belmontiensis. 



31. A. longiflora Warczewiczii. 



From Messrs. Eollisson & Sons. Flowers small, dull violet- 

 purple ; leaves pale-coloured. 



33 A. louis Van Houtte. 



From Mr. Veitch. Flowers similar in colour to those of 

 Sir Trehem Thomas, but inferior, whitish beneath the eye, and 

 crenelled at the edge ; leaves red beneath. 



33. A. Madame Hagnaner. 



From Messrs. Eollisson & Sons. Flowers mediura-sizod, 

 deep purplish-lilac, crenelled at the edge, and finely dotted with 

 red on a yellowish ground in the open throat. 



