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size of all the parts, which considerably exceeds that of 
the plants from this vicinity, the height being about one 
foot, and the flower from four to six inches across. 
I have sown seeds, for the last two years, in the spring, 
but have been unable to make them vegetate. This 
autumn I sowed them as soon.as ripe; but although 
from moisture they swell, there is yet no appearance of 
germination ; on the contrary, there is every indication 
of their destruction by becoming mouldy. The nearest 
approach to vegetation is in some I have kept just moist 
in their own pulp; these seem ready to burst. From 
the plants being usually found in moist places, it is pro- 
bable that this is the state in which they naturally re- 
main until spring. It is, however, not difficult to propa- 
gate by division of the paene, tuberous root, and is 
easily preserved. 
The specimen I nen sn Thomaston, which was 
in the most luxuriant state of growth, had a large piece 
of decayed wood completely enveloped by the fibres of its 
roots. The plant of T. cérnuum, with a multiplication 
of parts, I cultivated in peat earth and decayed sawdust; 
but as it was transplanted from its native spot when out 
of flower, it is impossible to say whether the present was 
its original state from the seed, or produced by luxuri- 
ance of the soil in which I placed it. 
DESCRIPTION or THE FIGURES. 
Fig. 1. T. cernuum with multiplication of parts. 
a. Antheriferous petal. 
2. Petal of do. 
x a. Adhesion of the stamen. 
3. Sepal of do. 
a. Adhesion of the stamen. 
