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expose the scape and germen above ground while in flower. It 

 is a very ornamental species to bring into the room in pots in 

 November, but the pots should stand at night out of doors or in 

 a cold and airy place, to strengthen the flowers, and make them 

 expand readily when brought in. A white autumnal Crocus, seen 

 by Professor E. Forbes and Lieut. Sprat, at the end of October, on 

 the lower flanks of the gigantic mass of Mount Massicytus, in 

 Lycia, at an elevation where roses were then flowering, is doubt- 

 less C. Boryanus, extending from Cyprus in that direction. 



XXXIII. — Two New Species of Achimenes. By Mr. George 

 Gordon, Superintendent of the Plant Department in the So- 

 ciety's Garden. With a coloured plate. 



(Communicated Sept. 3, 1847.) 



Among the valuable Guatemala plants, for which the Society 

 is indebted to Mr. Skinner, are two species of Achimenes which 

 are perfectly distinct from those previously in cultivation. One 

 of these has been named A. Skinneri* in compliment to its 

 introducer ; and the other A. pyropcea,^ on account of the ruby 

 colour of its flowers ; the first is related to A. grandiflora, the 

 second to coccinea. 



Achimenes Skinneri is a very handsome and distinct species, 

 forming a link between the tall and dwarfer kinds, being exactly 

 intermediate between A. grandiflora and hirsuta. The flowers 

 are about the shape and size of those of A. grandiflora, and, 

 like them, are quite flat and round, not reflexed and narrow in 

 the upper petals like A. pedunculata and hirsuta; while, on the 

 other hand, the flowers, like those of the tall kinds {A. pedunc- 

 ulata and hirsuta), have a large eye and a yellow spotted throat. 

 In foliage it differs from its nearest ally, A. hirsuta, in the leaves 

 being more pointed, more attenuated than cordate at the base, 

 more deeply and sharply serrated on the margins, and of a lighter 

 green in colour. The leaves of A. hirsuta are deeply cordate, 

 overlapping the stem at the base, much broader, nearly ovate, 

 much thicker, studded with strong hairs, and much more wrinkled 

 on the surface. 



* A. Skinneri ; erecta, pilosa, foliis ovato-oblongis grosse serratis hirsutis, 

 pedunculis unifloris petiolis dupio longioribus, corollse limbo obliquo subce- 

 qualiter 5-lobo laciniis rotuadatis denticulatis, tubo basi obtuso calcarato. — 

 J. L. 



f A. pyropcca ; erecta, foliis ovatis acutis carnosis pilosis basi cuneatis 

 ultra medium serratis, pedunculis ebracteatis 2-3-nis petiolo parum longiori- 

 bus, corollse laciniis rotundatis denticulatis superioribus paulo minoribus, 

 tubo ecalcarato. — J. L. 



