Koellikeria
(named after Professor Koelliker, of Wurzburg, author of a List of the Wild Plants of Zurich, &c.). ORD. Gesneraceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a low herbaceous stove plant. It succeeds in a compost of loam and leaf mould, with a little sand intermixed. Propagation may be effected by division of the tubers.
K. argyrostigma (silver-spotted). fl. white or cream-colour, spotted with red; racemes erect, from the axils of the upper leaves, glanduloso-hirsute, longer than the leaves. Summer. l. opposite, elliptical, obtuse, downy, deep rich velvety-green, with scattered, rounded, white spots. Stem short, branched. h. 1ft. Tropical America, 1845. (B. M. 4175, under name of Achimenes argyrostigma.)