Native of Jamaica. With us an inhabitant of the stove, 

 where its handsome foliage and bright scarlet flowers pro- 

 duced most part of the year, render it very ornamental. 

 Cultivated in 1714, by the Duchess ,of Beaufort. Commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Blake from the collection of James Vere, 

 Esq. 



