the name of hybrida ; but we Can fee no reafon to believe that 

 the A. variegata of the Flora Carolinienfis is different from 

 the plant figured by Plukenet and quoted by Linnaus; 

 nor do we fee any thing contradictory in the fpecific chara&er 

 of the latter author, the very minute pubefcence probably dif- 

 appearing altogether in the dried fpecimen, to which alone 

 Linn.eus had accefs. 



It is one of the moft defirable fpecies of the genus, and is 

 efteemed to be hardy, but being a native of the fouthern Hates 

 of North-America, is liable to be deftroyed in fevere winters ; 

 and probably for this reafon is ftill very rare, though culti- 

 vated by Philip Miller many years ago. 



Our plant was brought from Carolina, by Mr. Fraser, 

 Nurferyman, of Sloane-Square, Flowers in July. Propagated 

 by parting its roots. 



