of ans believe to be the atrorubens of Linnaus; andif_ 
so, no two species of the genus can be more distinct in habit; _ 
our; present plant growing -erect, ,with few leaves; at: the a 
upper flowering part of the stem, and havin remarkably — 
straight, upright, and’ often-branched' peduncles; whereas _ 
our diffusus is a low, spreading, very much branched plant, 
with axillary, solitary-peduncles,-and:larger flowers ; the _ 
leaves too are very different in shape, the lower ones in _ 
atrorubens being contracted.towards the base, so as to _ 
resemble a winged footstalk, as it is described by Marryy, © 
and represented in. Ditxaytus’s, figure. . é. 
Native of Carolina, Virginia, and Upper Louisiana. — 
Flowers from September to October. Considered as a_ 
hardy perennial ; but, as Martyn observes, liable to be de- 
icaued. 3 by our severe winters. Communicated, by Mr. 
Hopson, from the Botanical Garden, at Bury St..Edmunds. 
