are four, and still more fugacious, falling off' as soon as suf- 

 ficiently expanded to admit of the escape of the stamens. 



A hardy perennial ; flowers in May and June ; its native 

 country unknown to us. Was communicated by Joseph Sa- 

 bine, Esq. from his garden at South Mimms, who informs 

 us that he received it from his friend, the Rev. John Egerton, 

 who formerly lived at South Mimms, but now at Bunbury' 

 in Cheshire. 



