numerous thickifh fibres, not elongated into a caudcx to- 

 wards ; leaves numerous, radical, ambient, downwards con- 

 volutely packed, upwards divergently recumbent, lanceolate, 

 coriaceoufly thickened, rigid, from four to eight inches long, 

 about two broad, with a very narrow cartilaginous finely den- 

 ticuiate-ciliate border, terminating in a fpinous point ; /rape 

 central, quite fimple, from four to five feet high, round, befet 

 with feveral fmall fpathelike diftant ftraggling leaflets, erect* 

 ftrift ; infiorefcence terminal, fpiked, fubtlexuole, many -flowered, 

 fubfeflile, rather diftant, fparfe, upright ; pedicles nearly obfo- 

 lete ; bratles fcariofe, fphacelate, about even with the germen, 

 convolute-acuminate ; corolla from adprefled-upright far 

 diverging, greenifh, cupped-tubular, obiufely hexagonal, 

 alternate angles broader ; limb fixparted, upright, fcarcely 

 diverging, but little fhorter than tube ; fegmeuts oh\ong-tapered t 

 convolute-concave, quickly fphacelate ; filaments adnate to the 

 tube, overtopping the corolla by nearly a third, thick-aliform, 

 fomewhat comprefled, equal, fafciculate, (lightly divergent 

 upwards, green, dotted with fmall purple fpots - t anthers large, 

 linear-oblong, incumbent, balancing; germen continuous to 

 the corolla, inferior, oval-oblong, obtufely- trigonal ; jlyk 

 upright, gradually lengthening, but always fhorter than ftamens, 

 thicker, obtufely triquetral as if of three concrete filiform 

 fhafts; ending in three emarginate divaricately patent Jtigmatofe 

 lobes. 



Native of Carolina and Virginia, growing in graffy fpots. 

 Introduced into Kew Gardens, by Mr. John Cree, in 1765. 

 The bloom is very fweet. Varies with fpotted and plains 

 leaves. Flowers in Auguft and September. Requires to be 

 kept in the greenhoufe. The fpecimen was fent us by Mr. 

 Loddiges, of Hackney. G. 



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No. 1055. 1» **• f° r " we nee< ^ ac *d no further description to the many" 

 read *' we need not add any further de.fcription to thofe." 

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 No. 1149. 1. penult, pro «' Clufiii" lege " Clufii." 



