conical, a little curved, mucronate. : Stamens the length. 
of the tube of the corolla: anthers incumbent, included, 
Sighs projecting beyond the eorella ; stigme capitate, 
sm | 
Katm, in the Mantissa, deseribes the leaves as alternate; 
but, in the two specimens from North America, preserved 
in the Banksian Herbarium, one from Canada, the other 
from the neighbourhood of New York, the leaves are op- 
posite as in our figure, or very nearly so; but, as the inser-- 
tion of the petioles is not always exactly opposite, they 
may occasionally become alternate. This author also de-— 
scribes the flowers as white; but Pursu as yellowish white, 
with a tinge of purple. 
Our drawing was taken at the garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society, the latter end of April, in the present year, 
1824. “The plant was purchased for the Society by Mr. 
Prince of Long Island, New York, under the name of 
Pepicunaris gladiata, and brought-home by Mr. Davin 
Dovetas, one of the collectors, who went to North Ame-- 
pee in 1823, and returned this year with his collection of 
, n — 
e A hardy perennial. Native of woods and meadows, from 
Canada to Carolina. : 
