Gardneriane. N. O. Gesneriacee, 
TAB. CDLXVIII. 
ACHIMENES MULTIFLORA. Gardn. 
Annua tota hirsuta erecta, foliis petiolatis oppositis ternisve 
ovatis acutis basi obtusis argute subduplicato-serratis, pedun- 
culis axillaribus 3-5 floris infimis elongatis supremis. subses- 
silibus, calycis lobis linearibus erectis dense hirsutis, corolle 
tubo infundibuliformi hinc basi gibbo, lobis rotundatis. 
Achimenes multiflora. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3873. : 
Has. On dry banks in woods on the Serra de Santa Brida, 
and near Villa de Arrayas, in the province of Goyaz, Brazil. 
Herba annua, tota hirsuto-villosa, 1-13 pedalis. Caules sim- 
plices. Folia 21.3 poll. longa, pollicem circiter lata, Oppe: 
sita vel raro verticillata. Petiolj 4-6 lineam longi. Peduncult 
axillares, 3-5 flori. Pedicellj erecti, corolla dimidio breviores. 
Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis linea- 
ribus obtusis. Corolla pallide purpurea, glabra, tubuloso- 
_ Infundibuliformis, basi postice hine gibba, limbo irregulariter 
bilabiato, 5-fido, lobo medio labii inferiore subdenticulato, 
lobis_reliquis integris rotundatis. Stamina 4 didynama, 
antheris inter se coherentibus, Annulus perigynus integer- 
Stylus apice bifidus, lobis latis obtusis intus stigmatiferis. 
ium villosissimum. 
The corolla of this pretty little plant is almost that of 
Glovinia, but the bifid stigma and entire annulus prove it 
DC., which is also Brazilian. G. Gard 
