Pursh describes his plant with a pink or purple eye, like 

 that of Vinca rosea. There was, however, no appearance 

 of this upon the plant that flowered in the Garden ; nor is 

 it discoverable upon Mr. Douglas's wild specimens. 



P. speciosa is nearly related to the rare P. sibirica, a 

 Dahurian plant, which has never found its way to our 

 Gardens, and which is known by the hairiness of its leaves 

 and stems. There are also two or three other subulate- 

 leaved species, resembling P. Hoodii, all natives of the 

 same part of America, to which P. speciosa bears much 

 resemblance, but from which it is very distinct. 



A small shrub, about a foot high, erect, branched, 

 bushy, smooth, except at the edge of the base of the leaves 

 and sepals. Leaves linear, acuminate, pungent, rough to 

 the touch, callous at the edge, whence they have the 

 appearance of having three ribs, two of which are marginal ; 

 the upper leaves alternate. Floivers flesh-coloured, ter- 

 minal upon the little branches, corymbose. Sepals with 

 a broad membranous base, acuminate, the length of the 

 tube of the corolla, equal, ribbed, downy inside. Corolla 

 hypocrateriform, smooth ; the segments of the limb plane, 

 cuneate-oblong, entire. 



J. L. 



