at Mr. Knicut’s exotic nurfery, during the prefent fummer, a 
flower of the ufual purple colour upon the very fame ftem 
with others like our drawing. This obfervation is decifive with 
refpeét to its claim to be confidered as a diftin& fpecies. 
Mr. Hersert informs us, that it ripens feeds freely in the 
greenhoufe, but not fo readily in the open ground, This 
gentleman received the feeds from Cadiz. 
Requires the fame treatment as the other varieties. 
