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PLATE CCCCLII. 
ACHANIA MOLLIS. 
Soft-haired-leaved Achania. 
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CLASS XVI. ORDER VI 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united.. Many Chives. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx duplex. Interior monophyllus, semi- EmpatemMent double. The inner one-leafed, 
stri lindraceus, quinquefidus, half-striped, nearly cylindrical, five-cleft, 
i Exterior octophyllus, basi Je- remaining. The outer eight-leaved, and 
viter coalitus, 
Corovxa sub-clavata, convoluta, Petala quin- ‘ 
que, basi uno latere alternatim auriculata, Petals five, alternately eared on one side of 
lobis staminum convolventibus. the base, the lobes of which are rolled 
round the columnar shaft of the stamens. 
Stamina. Filamenta plurima, ad basin in tubum Cuives. Threads numerous, united at the base 
corolla longi orta, in partem superi- into a tube longer than the blossom, twisted, 
orem tubi coalita, cujus apex liberatus est. i 
and united near the upper part of the tube, 
‘ the point of which is liberated. 
Pistittum. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus Pointau. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread- 
filiformis.: Stigma decemfidum. 
Summit ten-cleft. 
PgeRIcaRPiuM, "A berry nearly round, with five 
loculari 
shaped. 
Bacca sub-globosa, quinque- SEED-VESSEL. 
ris. 
Semina solitaria, 
cells. 
Seeps solitary. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
— foliis tomentosis, cordatis, trilobatis, Acuanta with downy leaves, heart-shaped, three- 
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terior revolutus, pubes- lobed, and toothed. The outer cup 1s fe 
cens. Flores solitarii, axillares. Corolla volut iry. gro 
sub-clavata. Petala convoluta, sub-inclusa from the axille of the leaves. Blossom. 
lete coccinea, nervosa, tomentosa. Caulis nearly club-shaped. The petals are folded 
fruticosus, villosus, sub-tripedalis, together and nearly closed, of a bright 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The empalement. 
2. A blossom spread open. : 
3. A petal detached, shown from the outside. 
4. The chives spread open. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
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Tats handsome hot-house plant is certainly an old one, having been a sojourner with us near thirty 
years, but has not as yet been figured in any publication that we know of:—a neglect most probably 
resulting from the singularity of its unclosing flowers ; so uncommon a character naturally conveying 4° 
idea that the plant was in an imperfect state. Under this prejudice it has lost the charm of novelty, 
and many a less attractive object has been preferred before it. This genus approaches so close t0 si 
‘genera of Hibiscus, Althea, Malva, &c. that it must certainly be considered as a very near relation (0 
that family. Its foliage is frequently deciduous on the lower part of the stem ; a defect to which stove 
Plants in general are but too subject. It is a native of South America and the West India Islands, 
was found by Dr. Houston in Jamaica in 1731, and introduced by B, Bewick, esq. in 1780- . 
flowers from July till the end of the year, be 
