ies, a native of both the Indies, was cultivated here
by PARKINSON, who minutely describes it in his _Parad terr._ when
speaking of the seed, he observes, "with us it will seldom come to
flower, because our cold nights and frosts come so soone, before it
cannot have comfort enough of the sun to ripen it."

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TEUCRIUM LATIFOLIUM. BROAD-LEAV'D SHRUBBY GERMANDER.

_Class and Order._

DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cor._ labium superius (nullum) ultra basin 2-partitum, divaricatum ubi
stamina.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

TEUCRIUM _latifolium_ foliis integerrimis rhombeis acutis villosis
subtus tomentosis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 526._
_Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 276._

TEUCRIUM fruticans baeticum ampliore folio. _Dill. Elth. 379. t. 284. f.
367._

The _Teucrium latifolium_ as well as the _fruticans_, which is nearly
related to it, is a native of Spain, and was cultivated in this country
in 1714, by the Duchess of BEAUFORT, _vid. Ait. Kew._

It is a shrubby plant, growing to the height of seven or eight feet (it
may be trained to a much greater height) now common in our greenhouses,
and sometimes planted in the open border in warm situations, where it
will bear about the same degree of cold as the myrtle; it flowers during
most of the summer months, and is readily increased by cuttings.

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AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS. CANADIAN COLUMBINE.

_Class and Order._

POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 0. _Petala_ 5. _Nectaria_ 5 corniculata, inter petala. _Caps._ 5
distinctae.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

AQUILEGIA _canadensis_ nectariis rectis, staminibus corolla longioribus.
_Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 535._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p.
248._

AQUILEGIA _pumila_ praaeox canadensis. _Corn. Canad. 60._

AQUILEGIA praecox canadensis; flore externe rubicundo, medio luteo.
_Moris. Hist. 111. p. 457. t. 2. f. 4._

AQUILEGIA Virginiania flore rubescente praecox.

The early red Columbine of Virginia. _Park. Th. p. 1367._

PARKINSON was not acquainted with this plant when he wrote his _Parad.
terr._ but in his larger and more general work, the _Theat. Pl._
published in 1640, he describes and figures it as a plant newly
introduced from Virginia, by Mr. JOHN TRADESCANT: CORNUTUS, in his
account of the plants of Ca