The present species is said by Jacquin to come from the 
Caraccas, and is supposed to be annual. The samples in 
Mr. Lambert's Herbarium are from Jamaica. The drawing 
was taken from a plant which flowered during the winter 
months in Mr. Kent's hothouse at Clapton. The stem was 
more stunted, the heads of flowers nearer together, and ap- 
parently more numerous than is usual in the free-growing 
spontaneous individual. 
The specific name has been suggested by a green longi- 
tudinal stripe divested of the hispid pubescence that covers 
the rest of the plant, and which is to be-seen on strong 
samples on one side in the intervals between the branches; 
but which was not perceptible in the present. 
The blossom continues expanding a long time in suc- 
cession. 
The species is not to be found in any of the records of 
our own gardens, and has been probably now first i intro- 
duced. Some of them sting, like Nettles. 
