brownifh green ¢ube for nearly one-third of their length ; laming 
obovate-lanceolate, obtufe, nearly equal, with brownifh purple 
_ longitudinal carinate ftreaks interfe@ling them on the outfide, 
outer ones flightly carinate and lefs obtufe than the inner ; fila- 
ments equal, flat, linear, fubplano-concave, mucronately pointed, 
- adnate to the tube, nearly one-third fhorter than the corolla ; 
anthers {mall, upright, fixed by their bafe, at firft brown; 
fiyle even with the ftamens, white, filiform-triquetral, ending ina 
bluntifh inconfpicuous fubpubefcent ftigmatofe apex; germen 
of a cinereous green, fhorter than ftyle, turbinate-oblong, ob- 
foletely trigonal, fix-ftreaked, fomewhat uneven ; cap/ule tur-. 
binate oblong, obfoletely tripulvinate; jceds comprefledly 
pyriform or aciniform, black, fhining, few. 
Native of Carolina. Remarkable for being devoid of the 
well-known fcent fo ufual in the reft of this genus. We fufpeé 
it to be the fame with the mutabile of Micuaux. | Dine 
Introduced about 1770, by the Dutchefs of Beaurort. 
Not very common in our colleftions, but hardy and of ealy 
culture; flowering in April and May. : 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Grevirxe’s, Paddington. 
The ftem was about a foot and half high. G. 
