house or conservatory where early flowers are required. Our 
. flowering specimen was sent in April, 1852, by Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co. (Exeter Nursery), who raised it from Mr. Drum- 
mond’s seeds. 
Dzscr. Shrub two to three feet high, with rather slender and 
scattered terete green branches, clothed with somewhat dense 
spreading hairs. Spimes none in our specimens. Leaves alter- 
nate, bipimnate. Petiole very short, without gland (in what we 
have examined). Rachis hairy. Pinne two pairs ; the lower pair 
each with three, the upper with four, pairs of small oblong 
leaflets, when dry revolute at the margin. Peduncle rather longer 
than the leaves, axillary, slender, arisg from a scaly gemma. 
Head of flowers globose, rather deep yellow. Flowers crowded. 
Calye turbinate, five-lobed, with spreading hairs in the upper 
half; the lobes short, very obtuse. Corolla four-lobed ; °/odes 
concave, ovate, erect. Stamens numerous. Style rather longer 
than the stamens. 
Fig, 1. Portion of a stem, with leaf and capitulum. 2. Flower :—magnified. 
