We are told by Miller, that the feeds were firft brought to 

 Europe from Ternate, one of the Molucca Iflands, which in- 

 duced Tournefort to give the name of 'Ternatea to this 

 genus; which we with that Linnaeus had thought fit to retain, 

 though not conftrutted altogether upon fcientific principles. 



Propagated by feeds which come to maturity with us. 

 Miller fays, that the double forts, of which fome have blue 

 and others white flowers, have not ripened feed in this country; 

 and thefe mult be therefore procured from the Eaft-Indies. 

 He affirms, that feeds, which he received in three different 

 years, invariably produced double bloflbms, and the fame hap- 

 pened to Commelin in two fucceeding feafons, which is dif- 

 ficult to account for, if they are only accidental varieties of the 

 fingle-flowered kind. The leaves of the double fort, as figured 

 in the Hortus Amflelodamenfis, are fharp-pointed ; fo that, 

 perhaps, what we have followed others in recording as only va- 

 rieties, may be two diitinct fpecies. 



Communicated by Mr. Anderson, from the collection of 

 James Vere, Efq. at Kenfington-Gore, in July laft. 



Cultivated by Philip Miller, in the year 1739. 



