never in open expofed fituations: confequently it requiresa 
moift loamy foil and a fheltered fituation, for want of atten: 
tion to which, it generally dwindles and frequently perifhes 1 
gardens ; indeed it is faid to be always much lefs vigorous and 
beautiful when cultivated, than when it grows fpontaneoufly. 
It feems doubtful whether Partas’s plant be the fame fpecies, - 
fince he defcribes it as growing nearly three feet high, as having ~ 
a corolla three times quinquifid, a fpathaceous calyx, with fome — 
of its fegments frequently extending: to the length of the - 
corolla, and as being the leaft bitter of the whole genus; — 
whereas our plant feldom exceeds a foot and half, has a {mall 
tooth between the fegments of the corolla, that is what we 
fuppofe Pattas would call twice quinquifid, and a fmall calyx, 
of which the fegments are equal and feveral times fhorter than 
the corolla ; its root too is faid by the accurate CLustus (0 
be intenfely bitter. We ought, however, to mention that 
Linn us defcribes the calyx as being equal to the corolla. 
Cultivated by Parkinson before 1629. Communicated | 
by Mr. Loppicrs. Flowers in July and Auguft. Propa 
gated by cuttings of the roots. a6 
