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P L A T E CCCLXXX.
ACHYRANTHES PORRI GENS.
Divaricating Achyranthes.
C L A S S V. O R D E R I.
PENT ANURIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointai.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
FLOKES incompleti, inferi. Calyx S-phylkis.
Corolla 0. Stigma 2-fidum. Semina
solitaria.
FLOWERS incomplete, beneath. Empalement
5-leaved. Corolla none. Summit 2-cleft.
Seeds solitaiy.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &C.
ACHYRANTHES, foliis oppositis, lanceolatis,
spicis ovatis, acutis. Jacq. Hort. Schoenl.
3. S-Jg. t. 350.
ACHYRANTHES, with leaves opposite, spearshaped,
and egg-shaped sharp-pointed
spikes.
DESCKIPTIO. SufFrutex ramulis distantibus, filiformibus, canescentibus. Folia opposita, ellipticoovata,
breviter petiolata, obsolete venosa, supra pallide viridia lente pubescentia ; subtus pallidiora
magisque pubescentia. Flores dichotome-paniculati, divaricati, capitulis ovalibus, perslstentibus,
ante et post exsiccationem laste purpureis pulchellisque, ut m Gomphrena perenni.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. The blossom magnified.
4. The same cut open.
5. The seed-bud and pointal.
ACHYRANTHES porrigens was introduced into this country from Paris, in the year 1802, by Mr,
Woodford of Vauxhall ; but its native country we have not ascertained. Our figuré was taken from
a fine plant in the collection of J. Vere, esq. at Kensington Gore ; where it is considered and
treated as a hot-house plant of the more hardy kind ; and rises to the height of 2 or 3 feet. Thrives
well in rich earth, and flowers freely in spring, making an elegant but not showy appearance. Its
flowers resemble those of Gomphrena perennis, and like tliem preserve their colours after death, if
gathered before tliey are fully blown ; and are capable of becoming both a novel and a graceful addition
to our dried bouquets. Is propagated by cuttings, and promises fair to ripen seeds : but is at present
extremely rare.
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