pale green. Petals four, subrotund, yellow, vemmed. Nectaries. 
cucullate, yellow, the edge toothed ; terminating behind in an 
orange-coloured blunt spur. Stamens erect. Anthers as long 
as the filaments: valves as long as the anthers. Ovary oblong. 
Style shorter than the ovary : stigma depressed. W. J. H. 
Cunt. Like the other well-known species of Hpimedium, this 
is a hardy herbaceous plant, and may be cultivated in the flower- 
border, or kept in a pot along with the collection of the smaller 
kinds of herbaceous plants, generally termed Alpines. It is 
increased by division of the root. J. S. 
Fig. 1. Nectary. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil :—magnified. 
