height, is b 



ton, where the fl 



produced, and is often irregularly and partially p 



The 



P 



of the plant is lactescent, as 



throughout the genus. Leaves substantial, of a tender 

 lively green, glossy at the upper surface, in the broad- 



j lowers 

 colour, 



y sometimes nearly tin 

 a leafy upright patent stiff 

 scattered, many, but not ( 



Infl 



bstan 



s 



jd pyramidal p 



se, of a burnt- 

 scentless. Cat 



re- 



in 



and for the 



f 



P 



direction of the leaflets. This has assumed the 



which it abides long bef 



the 



narrower 



paler 



corolla which is contained 



ppeai 



time in its centre as an oblong pointed scarcely taller 

 cylinder, at last gradually thrown open by the elastic 

 force of the stigmas in extending themselves after they 



pollen of 



.„..._ _„ fall back in the intervals of the calyx. 



Stigmas five, ultimately radiate to the base, fu 



back, where the poll 



at that 



P 



progress of 



a thick coat, carried 

 lave been pressed against them 

 pace of the corolla during the 



I 



c 



ed 



Mass 



in 



77 



but 



e ve n 



at tlii 



day far from a common plant in our collections, notwith- 

 standing its handsome bloom and easy culture. If planted 

 10 a proportionate pot of common saudy loam, and placed 

 in the greenhouse in winter, it requires no more care than 



partment of 



pi 



Chiefly, we believe, raised from seed, which is sometimes 

 ripened with us. 



According to Mr. Masson's notes preserved in 

 sian Library, the variety a is found at Made in 

 near the coast, Q on rocks in the interior of the island. 



the Bank- 



a on spots 



fro 



with seve- 



pikes, at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, 13 

 in the King's Road, Parson's Green. Fulb 





a A vertical section of the whole flower, the line passing on one side the 

 style, b The receptacle holding the ovula of one cell of the germen. c The 

 dilated coronally converging bases of the filaments, d A segment of the 

 corolla, e A leaflet of the calyx. 



