PLATE CCCCLII. ACHANIA MOLLIS. _Soft-haired-leaved Achania._ CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. _MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA._ Threads united. Many Chives. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX duplex. Interior monophyllus, semi-striatus, sub-cylindraceus, quinquefidus, persistens. Exterior octophyllus, basi leviter coalitus. COROLLA sub-clavata, convoluta. Petala quinque, basi uno latere alternatim auriculata, lobis columnam staminum convolventibus. STAMINA. Filamenta plurima, ad basin in tubum corolla longiorem torta, in partem superiorem tubi coalita, cujus apex liberatus est. PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma decemfidum. PERICARPIUM. Bacca sub-globosa, quinque-locularis. SEMINA solitaria. EMPALEMENT double. The inner one-leafed, half-striped, nearly cylindrical, five-cleft, and remaining. The outer eight-leaved, and slightly attached at the base. BLOSSOM nearly club-shaped, and folded together. Petals five, alternately eared on one side of the base, the lobes of which are rolled round the columnar shaft of the stamens. CHIVES. Threads numerous, united at the base into a tube longer than the blossom, twisted, and united near the upper part of the tube, the point of which is liberated. POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit ten-cleft. SEED-VESSEL. A berry nearly round, with five cells. SEEDS solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ACHANIA foliis tomentosis, cordatis, trilobatis, dentatis. Calyx exterior revolutus, pubescens. Flores solitarii, axillares. Corolla sub-clavata. Petala convoluta, sub-inclusa, læte coccinea, nervosa, tomentosa. Caulis fruticosus, villosus, sub-tripedalis. ACHANIA with downy leaves, heart-shaped, three-lobed, and toothed. The outer cup is revolute, and hairy. Flowers grow solitary from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossom nearly club-shaped. The petals are folded together and nearly closed, of a bright scarlet colour, nerved, and downy. Stem shrubby, hairy, and near three feet high. 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.