by Pursu to have purple flowers ; but the flowers of all the 
olsnts of this species, in the collection at Spofforth, from 
whence our specimen was taken, are invariably white, with 
a red centre. The outer calyx varies with eleven, twelve, 
or thirteen segments. It is a tolerably hardy herbaceous 
plant, enduring the English winter often in the open border; 
but its flowers will not come to perfection without artificial 
heat. It should be kept in a pot, which may be preserved 
in the greenhouse during the winter, and removed into the 
stove in spring. W. H. 
