and at elevations of 3,000 to 5,500 feet ; it has stood uninjured 

 in the open air at Kew for several years, but it cannot be 

 expected to withstand the occasional severe winters of this 

 part of England ; in the west and in Ireland it grows with 

 great luxuriance, and is no doubt perfectly hardy. It flowers 

 in the months of June, July, and August. 



Descr. A glabrous bush, forming a round green ball two 

 feet and upwards in diameter ; branches strict, opposite, erect 

 or ascending, cylindric, clothed densely with spreading leaves 

 in four rows. Leaves one half to one inch long, decussate, 

 horizontal, very uniform in size and form on the branches, 

 petioled, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, with quite entire carti- 

 laginous margins, subacute at both ends, channelled above, 

 keeled beneath, nerveless, rather pale green, hardy shining. 

 Racemes subterminal, one to three inches long, shortly pe- 

 duncled, cylindric or ovoid, obtuse, many-flowered ; rachis 

 slender, puberulous ; bracts oblong, green, ciliolate, coriaceous, 

 variable in size ; pedicels very variable in length, sometimes 

 evanescent. Flowers one third of an inch in diameter, snow- 

 white. Sepals broadly oblong, erect, green, ciliolate, closely 

 applied to the capsule, and half its length. Corolla-tube very 

 variable, equalling or exceeding (rarely by twice their length) 

 the sepals ; lobes subequal, shortly oblong, concave, rounded 

 at the tip. Stamens with stout exserted filaments, and oblong 

 purple-brown anthers which are two-lobed at the base. Capsule 

 one sixth of an inch long, broadly ellipsoid, compressed, twice 

 as long as the sepals. Heeds pale, angular. — J. D. H. 



Figs. 1 and 2, Flowers ; 8, corolla laid open ; 4 and 5, anthers ; 6 and 7, calyx 

 and capsule : — all enlarged. 



