pollen. The unripe germen certainly contains two ovula, but 
one feed only probably comes to perfection. The calyx is in- 
flated, white, five-toothed: teeth hairy. 
That this plant has no real corolla was remarked by Tuomas 
Nutra, Efg. who firft introduced it to this country. We. 
received living fpecimens from this gentleman in the autumn of 
1813, which flowered in the open ground, near Liverpool, but 
from the abfence of our draughtfman could not get it drawn at 
that time. We are informed by Mr. Nurtat, that this plant 
forms one of the principal decorations of the vaft plains of the 
Illinois, Tennaflée, and Louifiana, but its native country ap- 
pears to be particularly in the upper part of this laft ftate, to 
the bafe of the rocky mountains or Northern Cordillera, from 
whence it has been propagated eaftward by the great rivers that 
meander through thele regions. 
‘Colleéted by Mr. Nurrat, in the vicinity of St. Louis, 
Jat. 38° 49”. 
Our drawing was taken at Meflrs. Fraser’s American 
Nurlery, Sloane-Square, laft October. It isa tolerably hardy 
perennial, but requires to be proteéted from froft. 
