It is an annual. We received the seeds from Professor 
LEHMAN of Hamburgh; and although it may probably safely 
be cultivated in the open air, yet we have kept the young 
plants during winter under a common frame. 
It appears to have been introduced to our gardens, accord- 
ing to the 2d edition of Hortus Kewensis, in 1798, by Mr 
JOHN HuNNEMAN of London, a gentleman who, by means 
of his extensive acquaintance and correspondence upon the 
Continent, especially in Germany, has rendered many essential 
services to the botanists and cultivators of Britain. 
Fig. 1. Flower. Fig. 2. The same, the petals being removed. Fig. 3. Pod 
(natural size). Fig. 4. Portion of a pod; the valves (Fig. 5.) being re- 
moved, to shew the situation of the seeds. Fig. 6. Hairs from the stem 
and leaves.—All but Fig. 3. more or less magnified. 
