globular. _ The whole herb has a ftrong fcent of anifeed 

 when bruifed. 



VVe believe this to be diftincl from both the fpecies men- 

 tioned in the Hortus Kewenfis, and from Collinsonia tube- 

 rofa of Michaux ; but it is difficult to decide with certainty* 

 from the infufficient defcri prions hitherto given. In our plant 

 the flowers were constantly didynamous, a circumftance not 

 mentioned in the defcription of any of the others, and which 

 affords an inftance of the inconvenience arifing from the fepa- 

 ration of the diandrous labial* into a diftincl clafs from thole 

 with four ftamens ; a feparation which feenis in every cafe to 

 do violence to nature. 



For this very rare plant we are indebted to John Walker, 

 Efq. F. R. S. from whofe collection at Southgate we received 

 it in bloffom in October 1806. It is a native of South- 

 Carolina, and requires to be protected from fevere froft. 



