ordinary branches, or short lateral branches, or the flowers may 
be said to be in a lax, leafy panicle. Calya-tube adherent with 
the ovary, turbinate, very hispid, crowned by five lanceolate 
acuminate lobes, twice as long as the tube. Petals twice as 
long as the calyx-lobes, ovate or rather obovate, acute, obscurely 
serrated, sulphur-yellow, paler, almost white, beneath.. Stamens 
arranged in two series and in five fascicles; each fascicle mona- 
delphous at the base, and attached to the base of a petal : fi/a- 
ments very long. Style as long as the stamens: stigma entire, 
but with five longitudinal furrows. W. J. H. 
Cur. Our acquaintance with this plant is limited ; the only spe- 
cimen we have seen came to the Royal Gardens in flower from 
Hamburg. It appears to be an annual, and closely allied in habit 
to Bartonia; but we fear it will not succeed out of doors as a 
summer border plant, on account of its soft, succulent nature, 
which makes it liable to injuries by heavy rain and wind. We 
therefore consider it best to treat it as a tender annual, sowing the 
seeds in a frame, and, when the plants have sufficient strength, 
plant them singly into pots, using a mixture of light loam and 
leaf-mould or sandy peat. The pots must be properly drained, and 
care taken not to over-water in damp weather, and to admit 
plenty of air, so as to keep the plants from becoming weak and 
drawn up. As they increase in size they will require to be 
shifted into larger pots, and when they begin to show flower 
they should be removed into the greenhouse. J. S. 
Fig.1. Anther. 2. Pistil. 3. Stigma. 4. Section of an ovary :—magnified. 
