312 FloriciiUiiral and Botanical Notices. 



have scarcely any hairs. It was found by Mr. Lobb on the 

 Andes of Cuena, in Peru, growing two to four feet high. 



The other is F. loxensis, a shrubby species of the habit of 

 fulgens, serratifolia, &c. The leaves are large and in whorls. 

 The flowers proceed singly from the axils of the leaves, 

 and grow each on a separate stalk ; they are of a large, tubu- 

 lar form, and assume a slightly pendent position. The tube 

 of the corolla is slender, about three inches long, and of a 

 rich purplish crimson; the petals are, individually, of a 

 roundish ovate form, and expand widely, forming a nearly 

 circular face, nearly an inch in diameter ; the color of the 

 petals, a bright scarlet. The entire flower is very richly and 

 brilliantly colored. 



hi our notices of new plants, we have, in the last and pres- 

 ent volume, only given a full account of the most showy 

 kinds for general cultivation ; but, as many of our readers are 

 desirous to see, at least, a notice of every new plant, Ave have 

 concluded to name all, adding only the character of the 

 plant, whether hardy or tender, its native country, &c., to 

 such as we do not deem entitled to introduction into all col- 

 lections. 



71, Acm'MENEs GLoxiNiEFLo^RA i'V/^eZ Gloxinia-flowered Achi- 

 menes. ((resweriacese.) Mexico. 



A stove plant ; growing one. foot hish -, with wliite and yellow flowers ; appearing all summer ; 

 Increased by the young tubeis ; cultivated in coarse peat and sand. Flore des Serres, 1848, pi. 318. 



This is certainly one of the most beautiful and recherche 

 of all the fine species of achimenes which have yet been in- 

 troduced, and it will rank with the A. picta and longiflora 

 among the most elegant of summer flowering plants. It ap- 

 pears like an achimenes with the blossoms of a Gloxinia; the 

 flowers are very large, of a pure white, with an agreeable 

 odor, and the interior of the tube, which is an inch long, is of 

 a deep yellow, elegantly spotted with numerous small purple 

 specks. It appears to be a sort of natural hybrid. It was 

 introduced from Mexico in 1844, and flowered for the first 

 time last June, in the Garden of the Royal Chateau of 

 Lacken. It requires the same treatment as the other species. 

 {Flore des Serres, Feb.) 



