a new plant lately discovered in Georgia by Dr Brickel of Savannah, and so named by him in compliment to the vice president of the United States. In the Monthly Magazine for July 1798 we have the following description of it:

Jeffersonia pentandra monogynia.

Calyx, below, composed of five short oval imbricated leaves; corolla, monophyllous, funnel shaped, on the receptacle, sub-pentangular, bearing the filaments near the base, its margin hypocrateriform, divided into five round ducts nearly equal; style, pistil, shorter than the petal, but longer than the stamens; stigma, quadrident; anthers, erect, linear, sagittated; fruit, two univalved, carinated, polypermous capsules, united at the base, opening on their tops and contiguous sides, having flat seeds, with a marginal wing.

Only one species is as yet discovered, Jeffersonia sempervirens. It is a shrub with round polished twining stems, which climb up on bushes and small trees; the petioles short, opposite; leaves oblong, narrow, entire, evergreen, acute; flowers axillary, yellow, having a sweet odour. The woods are full of this delightful shrub, which is covered with blossoms for many months in the year.