This shrub grows three or four feet high, and bears ra- 
cemes of large flowers, not unlike those of the Potatoe The 
calyx is never reflexed, and has on the fruit the same kind of 
yellowish straight prickles as grow on the stem and on both 
sides of the leaves. The flower is white with a pale purple 
star, the rays of which proceed from the centre along the 
course of the lacinie of the pubescent corolla. The three 
cells of the berry are not very accurately defined. 
_ Native of Palestine. Requires the protection of a good 
greenhouse. Introduced in 1775. Propagated by seeds, 
which are ripened with us in favourable seasons. Flowers 
most part of the summer. Communicated by Joun Watxer, 
Esq. of Arno’s-Grove. , 
