surface. Ovaria about 12, 1-seeded, arranged closely in a
circle, glabrous, notched exteriorly.
An exceedingly showy plant, and apparently quite hardy,
thriving well in a soil composed of equal parts of peat and
loam, and increased by seeds, which it, however, affords
but sparingly. It does not seem to be more than biennial.
It was discovered by Mr. Thomas Drummond near Covington
in the state of Louisiana, and was introduced to our collection
by seeds transmitted by that indefatigable collector in
the spring of 1833.
We had the pleasure of seeing this plant, and that for the
first time, in great beauty in the garden of our worthy friend
Mr. Neill, at Canonmills, near Edinburgh, in thè autumn
of 1833.
Our drawing was taken from plants which flowered in
Mr. Knight’s collection, King’s Road, Chelsea, in August
last, and which had been received, we believe, from Mr.
Neill.
_ The genus was named by Dr. William Barton, after its
discoverer, Mr. Thomas Nuttall, who had previously denominated
the plant Callirhoe digitata, a species which often
occurs in gardens under a double name, and our learned
friend Dr. Hooker, has been led to republish it as a second
species. With regard to the specific distinction of the present
species, there can be no question, but we could have
wished that the name of so meritorious a Botanist, as Mr.
Nuttall, had been applied to a less doubtful genus, for it will
he seen that the presence of bractes at the base of the calyx,
in this species, completely removes the limit between it
and Malva, of which it cannot be regarded but as a section.
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