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at the moulh like a friar's cowl: the tlowcrs grow on naked pedicels, 

 rising from the root to the height of three feet, and are of a green 

 colour. It is a native of Carolina, Virginia, &c. flowering in June 

 and Jul}'. 



The second species has a strong fibrous root, which strikes deep 

 into the soft earth, from which arise five, six, or seven leaves, in pro- 

 portion to the strength of the plant; these are about five or six 

 inches long, hollow like a pitcher, narrow at tlu^ir base, but swell 

 out large at the top; their outer sides are rounded, but on their inner 

 side they are a little compressed, and have a broad leafy border 

 runnino- longitudinally the whole length of the tube; and to the 

 rounded part of the leaf there is on the top a large appendage or ear 

 standing erect, of a brownish colour; this surrounds the outside of 

 the leaves about two thirds of the lop, it is eared at both ends, 

 and waved round the border : from the centre of the root, between 

 the leaves, arises a strong, round, naked footstalk, about a foot 

 high, sustaining one nodding flower at the lop : the leaflets of the 

 upper calyx are obtuse, and bent over the corolla, so as to cover 

 the inside of it; they are of a purple colour on the outside, but green 

 within, only having purple edges: the petals are of a purple colour, 

 and hollowed like a spoon. It is a native of most parts of North 

 America, in boggy situations. 



Culture. — As these plants grow naturally in sol't boggy situations, 

 they are raised with difiiculty here. The best mode is to procure 

 them from the places of their natural growth, and to have them 

 taken up with large balls of earth to their roots, and planted in tubs 

 of earth; they should be constantly Avatered during their passage, 

 otherwise they decay before they arrive: as there is little probabi- 

 lity of raising these plants from seeds, so as to produce flowers in 

 many years, if the seeds should even grow, young plants should be 

 taken up for this purpose, as they are more likely to stand than 

 ihose which have flowered two or three times. When the plants 

 are brought over, they should be planted into pretty large pots, 

 which should be filled with soft spongy earth, mixed with rotten 



