delicate plant than H. Trionum, which has never'been found 
beyond the limits of southern Europe; two circumstances 
which, taken with its distinguishing character, give the 
plant sufficient claim to a place as a species. 
The name Trionum was applied by Theophrastus to a 
Malvaceous plant, which has not been identified by modern 
authors. The more familiar name of Ketmia is said to be 
Arabic, on the authority of Golius, p. 728, as quoted by 
De Théis. 
Our drawing was made by Mr. Sydenham Edwards at 
Mr. Shepard’s Nursery, where the plant vas stated to have 
been raised from Chinese seeds; but this we conclude to 
have been an error. 
