true cretkuSy belongs to the species we are speaking of; 

 though the want of the corolla prevents absolute certainty 

 on this point. 



Four feet high or more; f/ranches numerous, ascending, 

 slightly villous, leafy. Leaves dingy green, lanceolate, ta- 

 pered at each end, finely wrinkled, undulated at the edge, 

 two inches or two and an half long, from five to eight lines 

 broad. Flowers terminal, large, rosy-purple, with a dark 

 spot at the foot of each petal. Calyx with five oval, mucro- 

 nate, close-pressedly villous leaflets. 



