Society, and fpecimens of which gathered by TourNnerort ~ 
himfelf are to be feen'in the Bankfian Herbarium; but differs — 
from it in feveral refpeéts ; the woody part of the ftem is of | 
humbler growth, the flowering ftalks longer, with fhorter moré — 
clofely adprefled leaves, and bearing fewer flowers, generally — 
only one in its native foil, and from one to three when cul- 
tivated ; fcales of the calyx more in number and more clofely — 
imbricated ; tube much longer, flenderer, and more pointed ; — 
petals longer, more deeply jagged, and twifted. Found about — 
Tiflis, in Ruffian Georgia. Communicated to us by Mr. | 
Loppices, of Hackney, in June 1806. 
Is probably hardy, but has been hitherto preferved under © 
a frame in the winter, | 
