the flower, having only four.segments to the calyx, the same 
number of petals and germens, and eight stamens. 
It was this circumstance that induced the late Mr. Curtis 
to give it the name of deficiens, under which appellation it 
entered the early editions of Donn’s Hortus Cantabrigiensis. 
It is a native of North-America, is perfectly hardy, and 
well suited to adorn rock-work ; and when in blossom, the 
bright orange colour of the anthers when bursting, contrasted 
with the white flowers, gives it a lively appearance. Is easily 
propagated by its creeping. shoots, Flowers with us, as in 
America, in May and June. 
Communicated -by N.8. Hopson, Esq. late of the War- 
Office, but now of Bury St. Edmunds, where he continues 
to prosecute his botanical pursuits with the same ardour in a 
more favourable soil. 
