lanceolatis, infima fubfoliacea ; germine ovali-oblongo, 

 hexagono, quam pcdicellus breviori ; tubo fiftulofo, ro- 

 tundate fubtrigono, fexftriato, germinis fub quartam bre- 

 vioris ferme diametro ; limbo reflexo, laciniis totis planis 

 obtufatis, exterioribus ovali-ellipticis, tubo duplo longiori- 

 bus, inferne fubanguftatis, interioribus depreffioribus lan- 

 ceolato-ellipticis fubbrevioribus duplo anguftioribus ; ftig- 

 matibus a corollae difco proftantibus, ahe convexis, infra 

 utrinque ferratis, interioris labii fegmentis dentato-crofis ; 

 labio exteriore finuato-bilobo lobulis deflexis ; capfula 

 ventricofo-ovali, hexagona. G. 



Desc. Rootftock afllirgent about half an inch in diameter; 

 leaves of a bright green colour, equitant, fheathing, thofe in the 

 fterile fafcicles, as throughout the genus, broader and longer than 

 thofe in the fertile ones, about two feet high and more than half 

 an inch acrofs ; fiem about the thicknefs of an ordinary quill and 

 ufually one-branched ; corolla about three inches long, fcentlefs ; 

 tube greeniih ; fegments on their firft development hanging loofely 

 down, afterwards extending themfelves fomewhat horizontally, 

 as in the coloured flower of the annexed engraving, of a tawny 

 or copper colour with purple veins ; by the afliliance of a mag- 

 nifying glafs, that part of the outer ones which lies under the 

 fligmas will be found to be covered with a fhort pubefcence, 

 refembling that on the fkin of a peach, efpecially at the veins ; 

 this is likewife the cafe in verjicolor and virginica^ although re- 

 latively termed beardlefs. 



An unrecorded and lingular fpecies, differing from any known 

 to us in the colour and inflexion of the corolla. Found fpon- 

 taneous on the Banks of Mififlippi, in low grounds not far from 

 the town of New-Orleans. Introduced into this country in i 8t i» 

 by Mr. Lyon, a very intelligent and induftrious collector of 

 North- American plants. Hardy. Bloflbms in June. Seeds 

 freely, and is eafily propagated by dividing the rootftock. G. 



