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MAGAZINE OF GARDENING AND BOTANY. 
ACHIMENES KLEEI. (Mr. Klee’s Achimenes.) 
Class, Didynamia. Order, Angiospermia. Nat. Order, Gesneraceje (Gesner-worts, Veg. Kingd.) 
Generic Character. — Calyx with its tube adnate to the 
ovary ; limb five-parted ; lobes lanceolate. Corolla tubu- 
larly funnel-shaped, often swollen at the base, limb five- 
eleft ; lobes sub-equal, sub-rotund. Stamens four didyna- 
mous ; anthers not cohering. Rudiment of the fifth stamen 
situated below the base of the corolla. Nectary glandular, 
in a small ring. Style slightly thickened towards the 
stigma, obliqne, or with two separate lobes. Capsules 
nearly two-celled, two-valved ; placentas parietal, subsessile. 
Specific Character. — Plant perennial. Roots tuberous. 
Stems herbaceous, somewhat erect, pilose. Leaves opposite, 
ovate-acuminate, serrate, with unequal petioles. Pedicels 
longer than the calyx. Calyx slightly pubescent. Corolla 
rosy lilac, dark near the mouth of the tube, and with a dash 
of yellow in the throat. Limb spreading. 
Authorities and Synonymes.— Achimenes Kleei of the 
Nurseries. 
This new Achimenes is a native of Guatemala, whence it was introduced to Messrs. 
Lane, of Berkhampstead, through Mr. Skinner, who discovered and sent it to the above 
gentlemen in June, 1848, and in whose stove it flowered for the first time in August of 
the same year. 
It is a very neat growing species, and its flowers are gay-coloured, and of a good size, 
rendering the plant altogether equal to most, if not all, which have been previously brought 
into cultivation. 
In cultivation give exactly the same treatment to this as the other species, namely, pot 
in a light, rich soil, and water freely whilst in a growing and flowering state ; but after 
the flowering season, diminish the quantity of water gradually, and when the tops are dead 
keep the soil perfectly dry until the roots show signs of growth again, then separate them 
from the old soil, re-pot as before, and subject to heat and a gradual increase of moisture, 
until they fully develope themselves, and the flowering season again commences. 
They are readily propagated by cuttings of the stem, or by the imbricated buds or 
tubers which are produced both on the stem and beneath the soil. 
Our drawing was prepared from two plants, one in the possession of Mr. Glendinning, 
and the other at Messrs. Lane, of Berkhampstead, which flowered in August last. 
The meaning of the generic name is unknown ; the specific appellation is given in 
honour of Charles Budolph Klee, the Prussian Consul-General in Guatemala. 
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