brafies, {carcely exceeding half the length of the germen. 
Corolla (or perianthium) ringent ; three external petals fubequal, 
ovate: one /uperior, concave, helmet-fhaped : two Jateral, flat, 
dependent: three infernal unequal : two erett, linear, ciliated at 
the apex, one (the /abellum, lip, or neéfary) oblong, finely cut on 
the margin into a wide fringe, elongated backward into a flender, 
cylindrical fpur, equal to or rather longer than. the germen. 
Lobes of the anther diftinét, opening longitudinally : pollen maffes 
flanding ere& on Jong pedicles when they efcape from the anther. 
Germen very long, filiform, and much twifted: figma obtufe, 
gelatinous.. 
The colour of every part of the flower, including the germen, 
is uniformly an iron-yellow. It is fometimes however, though 
rarely, found with white flowers. 
In the above defcription, the relative fituation of the parts is 
confidered, as the flower appears when fully expanded, without 
regard to the contortion of the germen. In-other refpeéts, it 
is accommodated to the ideas of Mr. Brown. (Vide Prod. Fi, 
Nov. Holl. p. 309. 
A hardy perennial. Communicated by Mr. Wooprorp, 
late of Belfont-Houfe, Vauxhall. Native of North-America, 
from Canada to Carolina, growing in meadows and drained 
fwamps. Cultivated before 1796, by R.A. Satissury, Efq, 
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