gerous inflammatory poisons, and therefore this is likely to 

 participate in similar properties. 



At the present day it is found in the same country as is 

 mentioned by Father Feuillee. We have it from Concep- 

 tion, where it was gathered by Cuming, from Valps 



from M 



d from the classical 



d of J 



Fe 



nandez, where it was gathered by D 



In the gardens it is an herbaceous plant, growing from 

 ► 6 feet high, producing a number of unbranched erect 



broad gray leaves, and terminated by 



stems, covered 



raceme of dull, but rich purpl 



It is not hardy 



th 



& h to bear our winters without protection, because of 



but keep it dry, and it will require no other care, 



t. In Mr. Lowe's Nursery, 



for it grows in any 



where our drawing was taken, it occupies a long bed at the 



back of one of the stoves, where it increases amazingly. 



When in flower, in August and September, it is a very 

 handsome species. 



J. L. 



