above alluded to ; the second is the one we figure here, of a fine © 
rose-purple ; and a third is a full blood-purple; but in each of — 
these two last-mentioned kinds the base of the petals is of a still — 
deeper purple tinge, forming an eye-like spot to the centre of the 
entire flower. The three sorts blossom copiously in the stove, 
and bear a succession of flowers in the summer months. We | 
are still in ignorance as to whether this species is aboriginal in — 
Jamaica. Certain it is that we do not find it anywhere recorded — 
as a native of the West Indian Islands, nor even noticed in any 
of the Floras of that quarter of the globe. 
