(z) of this species, which it has been deemed on all hands 
to be; here we confess that we entertain some doubt of 
the specific identity of the two, and suspect that the 
may be truly distinct. At all events it is known by ex | 
riment that the root of « does not contain any of Hee 
resin in which the active powers of the root of the true 
Jalap (() reside; or at least that it contains it in so small 
a proportion, that it does not prevent its being used as a 
article of food. (See the last note in the Appendix an 
Volume IV of this Register.) * 
In « the corolla is nearly white, and the leave 
lly lobed; i ‘olla is rose-c¢ eae. 
ss Iy Jones in 6 the ca olla is rose-coloured, and the leayes 
; We have disposed the synonyms peculiar to yah 
riety under their separate heads, so that « and @ m ‘be 
divided into species without confusion. ay be 
It was introduced before 1733 by Dr. H 
lately by Mr. Lambert, who received ‘the Clon Nene 
co. 
The drawing was taken last autumn fr 
flowered in the stove at the Nursery of aaa which 
the King’s Road. : - Colvill, in 
We refer to volume 4. fol. 342. of this wo; 
description and further account of the aneeee te for the 
to the note at the end of the Appendix of the enn as 
me. 
Old roots of the Carolinian and Georgi 
been known to weigh from 40 to 50 ae, pant (~) have 
white and insipid. . € flesh is 
It is possible that « and 6 may be 
species; and that a variation produced sole of one 
ference of soil and cultivation in the dj fore 4 me ae 
odes 
of the two, may be the cause of the formation of he | 
of the 
greater or less proportion of the resin essenti 
dicinal effects of their roots. That change ae 7 the me- 
soil do vary the qualities of plants is known to cae and 
: one, 
(z) will grow very well out of doors if planted a ay 
arm 
border against a wall: (@) requires to h 
in the stove. © kept constantly 
