either coloured reddish orange at the base as in this figure, 
or of one uniform green. 
Like the other species of this handsome genus this is 
exceedingly easy to cultivate, if care be taken that the soil 
in which it is grown contains a small portion of chalk mixed 
with loam and peat. The plants are not very tender, living 
near London with the protection of a frame in winter; and 
would no doubt thrive well in some of the sheltered gardens 
in the mild southern climate of Great Britain. 
Nothing can be more beautiful than the feathery hairs of 
all the species in this genus ; they form striking microscopic 
objects. Fig. 1. represents the ovary all covered with them; 
and at the same time its interior, together with the long 
slender style and the curious papill that line the base of the 
tube, are brought into view; 2. one of those same papille ; 
3. an ovule with its singular hatchet-headed stalk. 
