tion. Filaments short, white. Anthers oblong, yellow. 
Pistil: Germen oval, green: ce ie filiform, white: Stigmas 
three, pubescent. Capsule enclosed in the dry and much 
enlarged, husky calyx, whose teeth are now spreading ; 
three-valved, three-celled, three-seeded. Seed semi-oval, 
brown. oS 
Discovered by Mr. Davin Dovetas “ on light soils, on 
the banks of the Spoken river, and on high grounds near 
Flathead river, in North-West America, flowering in May 
and June: and by him introduced to the gardens of the 
Horticultural Society, where it flowered in 1827 and 1828. 
From thence, the specimens here figured were liberally 
communicated. 
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Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Calyx, including the ripe 
Fruit. 5, Capsule. 6, Section of ditto. 7,8. Seeds.—Magnified. 
