was introduced into England by Messrs. Lee, of Hammer- — 
smith, in 1788, from the Crimea, as was supposed, where, 
however, it does not grow. It was, no doubt, brought by ~~ 
a ship that traded with that port, but touched at others 
where seeds were procured. It flowers in July, and is — 
tender. H. Coris flowers rather later. a 
Descr. A small erect much branched quite glabrous — 
shrub, eight to twelve inches high; branches slender, erect, 
four-angled, leafy. Leaves three in a whorl, half to three- 
quarters of an inch long, sessile, narrowly linear, obtuse, — 
gland-dotted, deep green, margins revolute, quite entire. ~ 
Cymes panicled, few-flowered; peduncles an inch long, 
trichomously three-flowered ; middle flower sessile, opening — 
first; lateral pedicelled. Flowers half to two-thirds of an 4 
inch in diameter, pale golden yellow. Sepals small, broadly 
oblong, obtuse, spreading in fruit; margins with a few 
large black sessile glands ; back with long oil canals. Petals 
broadly oblong, straight, concave, deciduous, eglandular. — 
Stamens triadelphous, shorter than the petals. Ovary — 
three-celled ; carpels smooth, back with linear oil canals; _ 
styles subulate.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Top of cyme; 2, flower ent vertically ; 3, sepal; 4, bundle of stamens; 
5, stamens ; 6, ovary; 7, top of style; 8, transverse section of ovary ; 9, leaf :—al 
enlarged. 
