country, by Sir Josrru Banxs, in 1775, and is now ve 
common. Sit’ Hans. SLOAN£ gathered’ a»barren ‘branch of ’ 
the fame fhrub near Fenchal, and publifhed a figure of it in 
his Hiftory of Jamaica. oe - 
It has been obferved, that from the lengthened tube and 
the want of any divifion: in. the upper lip, this fpecies rather 
belongs to Ajuca than to Tsucrium; thefe genera are 
however fo nearly allied, that, perhaps, there is no natural 
diftinétion between them. AS ; 
_ Produces its fragrant flowers nearly the whole of the fum- 
mer ; is eafily propagated: by cuttings, and requires little care: 
qualities which have occafioned it to be very common. Our 
drawing was taken from.a fpecimen at Lord Houtann’s.. 
