leaflets oblong, pointed, whitc-mcmbranaceous, with a red nerve, and 

 a point of the same colour. 



It varies of a shining red colour, with a red stalk with pale 

 leaves, with a green stalk with variegated leaves, &c. As first cul- 

 tivated in this climate, according to professor Marlyn, the stem was 

 wholly red and smooth; the petioles, ribs, and nerves of the leaves 

 underneath purple; the spikes purple, m'.ich spreading, and a little 

 nodding. They were of course very beautiful, and made a gay ap- 

 pearance for the two first years: but afterwards the seeds degene- 

 rated, and the plants had little beauty; which is the same with some 

 other species of this genus. It is a native of the East Indies. 



In the seventh species, the stem is erect, a foot and a half or two 

 feet in height, smooth, except under the leaves, where it is a little 

 scabrous, reddish, roundish, streaked, and grooved: the leaves are 

 red and green, acute, with elevated veins: the petioles are channel- 

 led, and of a reddish colour: the racemes are naked, red, lateral, 

 short, and placed about the stem without order: the calyxes are five- 

 leaved: the leaflets oblong, acute, membranaceous, and red. 



It varies with leaves more or less red, with very red and paler 

 racemes, with a green and red, with a rough and smooth stalk. It 

 flowers from July to September. And it is a native of Virginia. 



Culture. The propagation in most of these species is not effected 

 without considerable trouble, as they require ihe aid of artificial heat, 

 in order to bring them forward in (he greatest perfection. There are 

 a few, however, that may be raised in the open ground without the 

 assistance of heat applied in the above manner. 



The two first, as being the most tender, demand much greater 

 attention and more artificial heat in producing them, than those of 

 the third, fourth, and fiflh kinds. And the sixth and seventh species 

 are capable of being raised with still less heat than those of the above 

 sorts, though not in the fullest perfection without a slight degree 

 of it. 



In all the different species the business is accomplished by sow- 

 ing the seeds annually in the early spring months, as about the latter 

 end of March or beginning of April, on beds of good earth, either 



