are very unliable in mod of the fpecies of this genus. Park- 

 inson defcribes the colour as a " dark yellowifh purple, 

 *' fpotted with fome fmall red checkers ;" adding, that the 

 fpecies blooms later than others; Willdenow faysfooner; 

 with us it did fo about the latter-end of April. 



Ftom fome of the above-cited authors it appears to be of 

 Italian origin ; Redoute gueffes the South of Europe ; to 

 Willdenow the habitat was unknown. As we did not fee 

 the flower in a ftate fufficiently perfeft for infpe£iion, we can 

 give no opinion on the correftnefs of the minuter differences 

 fek cled by the above Botanifts. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr. Williams's Nurfery, 

 Tuinham-Green. G. 



