An interesting fact in the history of this species is its 
naturalization at Lytchett Heath, near Poole, by Lord 
Eustace Cecil. It is fully established, and spreading 
rapidly. Photographs sent to Kew in March, 1901, 
represent large clumps in full blossom. The Hon. Mrs. 
Evelyn Cecil, who took the photographs, has kindly 
furnished the following particulars of its introduc- 
tion to Lytchett:—‘ Two plants were bought by Jord 
Eustace Cecil for Lytchett Heath, about 1876. One was 
planted in the garden, and died after several years. The 
other was planted in rough ground just outside the flower 
garden and grew well. It began to produce seed about 
1880, and since that date it has gone on increasing and 
seeding. Seedlings that have been transplanted into the 
grounds near have equally established themselves. Now 
between one and two acres of ground are covered with 
thousands of bushes. The average height is from four to 
six feet, but many are over seven and eight, and one 
measures eleven feet. It seems to grow equally well in 
_ sand or clay. It is a curious fact that although seedlings 
from Lytchett have been planted in many places ‘in the 
neighbourhood, and have grown, none have, as yet, seeded, 
even on similar soil within a few miles. The original 
plant lived about twenty-five years.” 
Descr,—An erect, densely-branched shrub, ten to twelve 
feet high, flowering when quite small, and flowering from — 
the ground to the tips of the topmost branches when fully 
grown. Branches very slender, clothed with simple hairs. 
Leaves linear, about a quarter of an inch long, with a 
longitudinal, very narrow furrow on the under side. 
Pedicels scarcely as long as the flowers. Flowers white or — 
pink. Calyzx-lobes ovate, acute, one-twenty-fourth of an 
inch long. Corolla tubular-campanulate, about one-sixth 
of an inch long ; teeth obtuse, about a quarter the length 
of the tube. Stamens included; anthers: furnished with 
two hairy awns at the base. Style shortly exserted.— 
W. Bortine Hemsury. A 1 
_Fig. 1, a flower and its bracteolate pedicel; 2, stamens; 3, part of calyx and 
pistil; 4, cross section of an ovary :—all enlarged. 
