it. The specimen figured was raised at the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, from seeds received from a Californian nurseryman. 
It flowered in the month of June in the Herbaceous 
ground. 
Descr.—A pale green, rather succulent herb. Stem 
one to two feet high, erect, sparingly branched, glabrous. 
Leaves linear-oblong, pinnatipartite, radical two to four 
inches long, spreading, sparsely hairy, soon withering, 
segments sub-opposite, three to six pairs, and a terminal, 
about half an inch long, ovate-oblong or linear, obtuse, 
entire, or distantly crenate, rhachis pilose; cauline leaves 
much larger, with longer segments, uppermost linear. 
Flowers on very long slender peduncles, two inches in 
diameter. Sepals linear-oblong, glabrous. Petals orbi- 
cular, orange-red, dark red-purple towards the base. 
Stamens numerous, anthers short, yellow. Capsule 
narrowly turbinate, truncate, crown tumid, four to six- 
lobed, terminated by the short style, stigma globose, four 
to six-lobed. Seeds small, orbicular, compressed, smooth. 
JD AS 
Fig. 1, Ovary ; 2, ripe capsule; 3, seed :—A/l enlarged. 
