Like its namesake it is an annual, and is probably quite 



more southern climate. 



I 



hardy, although native of 

 aspect it is very different ; its flowers appear in racemes, 

 which keep growing longer and longer till the points are 

 covered with flowers, and the bases are furnished with ripe 



fruit. 

 chella. but 



The petals are of a similar colour to those of C. pul 



which give 

 old species 



o^/ i«* 6 «, and have not the deep divisL~« 

 gular an appearance to the flowers of the 



It appears from Mr. Douglas's wild specimens that the 



have given 



cely does justice to the plant 



figure we 



and that under favourable circumstances it becomes more 



ornamental. 



J. L 





