ACHIMENES ۸۰۸ 
Gesneriaceæ Ÿ Gesnereæ. 一 Didynamia-Angiospermia. 
CHARACT. Haras — AchimenesP.BnowNE 
Jam. istubo eum ovarii basi conna to, 
Corolla 
ari cinctum, uniloculare, placentis iere ‚parie- 
talibus bi lobis. Ovula plurima, in funiculis bre- 
vibus anatr ropa 
E obsolete bilobum. Capsula coriacea Mud 
j vi 
Sie carnosi ehe cotyledo s brevibus 
obtusis, radicula umbilicu m spectante en 
— Herbae Americae tropicae pub stolo- 
il 
scentes 
squamosis hypogaeis v. inte SC m azillari-‏ پیب 
erennantes; foliis oppositis ternatis ser ratis,‏ 
flor us axillaribus, solitariis v. paucis aggrega- 
tis; corollis coccineis (miniatis, Marta v. lilaci- 
nis, rubro-punctatis v. vari - is). 
Trevirana Wildenow Serge . 637. 
Sr gt 65. t. 226. f. 2. SCH ec? نج‎ + 
Mag. Pesci P. Brown. Pe xi umneae sp. js 
Stee sp. Sco a erg? esoe: 
n, Gen. Pl. € E additam. ) 
CHARACT. geg eid = Achimenes wer 
GARDN. Herb. bras. 5875 in Hook. ic. 
Tota Mrs foliis petiolatis, pr As 
ovalis asi obtusis, argute subduplicato- 
us ies gen. 
Bot 
uli lecurvo, li 
sae Maien e fimbria 
a. ERG um wn inferiore solummodo fimbriato ! (leone Hooxent 
supra 6 
b. Coro de "bis omnibus grosse fimbriatis! (Icone de qua 
agitur!) 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3993. 
Texte du Botanical Magazine de M. Hooker. 
ACHIMENES MULTIFLORA. 
MANY-FLOWERED ۰ 
CLASS AND ORDER. 
NATURAL ORDER . . 
GENERIC CHARACTER 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
SYNONYMS. 
see above. 
This very beautiful stove plant inhabits dry banks, in woods, on the Serra de Santa Brida, and 
near Villa de Arayos, in the province of Goyaz, Brazil, and sheila were sent home from thence by 
Mr. Gardner, its discoyerer. The plants flowered first at the Royal Botanic Garden of Glasgow , and 
then at Kew, where our figure was made, The autumn has been its season f blossoming with us, 
and it continues long in that state, a succession of flowers —€— expanding. The fringe on 
the limb of the corolla is extremely variable. In the figure taken from the dried specimen in 
« leones Plantarum » above quoted, the lower lobe is alone een and that imperfectly. In our 
plant, all the lobes are deeply so. The whole habit of the species is so extremely like that of 
GLOXINIA icthyostoma Igel in e Plant. t. 472), that it seems contrary to nature to place it in 
a differend Genus; but pea sai that, the bifid stigma, and entire annulus of this 
plant, prove it to belong 3 Achim 
Descr. An annual, according to Mr € en ; every-where hairy, except the corolla. Stem simple, 
about a foot high. Leave es opposite, shortly petiolate ovate, Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, bracteated, three-flowered. Calyx half-superior, five-cle 
linear. Corolla nearly two gie long, deep lilae within, paler without, especially the tube : this 
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