Scheeria

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Scheeria (Frederick Scheer presented the original species to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, he having received material in 1850, through J. Potts, from Chihuahua, Mex.). Gesneriaceae. A name proposed for 4 Mexican and Trop. American herbs which are now referred to Achimenes (which see). From Achimenes, Seeman, its founder, distinguished it "by its truly infundibuliform, not bilobed, stigma." In habit, the genus suggests Achimenes hirsuta, A. pedunculata, and A. multiflora. In the American trade one species is offered, S. mexicana, Seem. (S. caerulescens, Hort.). St. erect, hairy: lvs. ovate, hairy, dentate, stout-stalked, opposite: fls. solitary in the axils, stalked, the corolla 2 – 2 1/2 in. long, the tube inclined or drooping and curved, the wide-spreading 5-lobed limb blue- purple. Lvs. with a metallic luster. B.M. 4743. H.F. II.3:160 (as Shuria mexicana). Gt. 2:354. This will be found under its accepted name Achimenes Scheerii, Hemsl., in the supplementary list, Vol. I, p. 208. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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