A native of the moift meadows of Pennfylvania and Caro- 
lina. Cultivated by Mr. Miter in 1768. At prefent rather 
a fcarce plant; hardy; will grow in any moift border of light 
mould; feldom feeds, and is not eafily multiplied by parting 
the roots. Generally kept in a pot with Alpine plants. The 
drawing was made at Mr. Loppicss’s. 
Bartram (according to a note on his fpecimen in the 
Bankfian Herbarium) fays it grows in America to the height 
of five feet, and obferves, that the flowers which are at firft 
cream-coloured become red as they decay; Mr. Loppicss 
_ has remarked the fame. Mtcuaux mentions it as attaining 
_ the length of only two or three feet; why he thinks the above 
fynonym from Piuxnert’s work does not agree, we cannot 
conceive, unlefs he has fome other plant in view. This fpecies 
alone is fufficient to difturb the ferenity of the ftouteft Linnean; 
fince from recorded varieties its prefence is required in three — 
different orders and claffes; by fome it has been obferved to 
belong to Hexandria Trigynia, as having all hermaphrodite 
flowers, by others to Polygamia Moneecia, the flowers being 
hermaphrodites mixed with males; and again by another, to ~ 
Dicecia Hexandria, as having all female flowers on one plant 
and all male on another. : 
We ourlelves have never yet met with any plant of the genus 
that’ was Dicecious nor one which had all hermaphrodite 
flowers. Why fhould Veratrum be kept diftin@? G. 
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ERRATA, 
No. 747; 1. 7, pro ‘* fexpartita,” lege “ partita.” 
No. 748, p. 2, 1. 2, for ** three pulvinately,” read ‘ pulvinately.” 
No. 809, 1. 24, for * of thofe,” read * as the Calixes.” 
