the corolla, it resembles a Ziibaudia or Agapetes. It is indeed 
a very remarkable species. The plant is cultivated under a vine 
in a cool greenhouse, in consequence of which, Mr. Williams ob- 
serves, the flowers (produced in July) are paler than they would 
otherwise have been. The corollas too, let it be remarked, from 
the blossoming having been too far advanced, had mostly fallen 
off before the specimens reached the artist’s hands. In Mr. Nut- 
tall’s garden it proved quite hardy during 1851 and 1852. 
Duscr. Small shrvd, with ferruginous dranches, the young 
ones densely dotted with resinous, glossy, reddish scales. Leaves 
three to four inches long (on footstalks half to three-quarters of 
an inch long), between elliptical and lanceolate, moderately cori- 
aceous, glabrous, rather obtuse at the base, very acute and mu- 
cronated at the apex, the upper side full green, the under side 
paler ; both sides, but especially beneath, closely sprinkled with 
the same reddish resinous dots as the young branches; costa 
ferruginous. Veins not very conspicuous. Racemes clustered, 
lateral, in consequence of the terminal shoot of the season, which 
crowns the flowers: the bracts (if any) had fallen. Pedicels 
dotted. Calyx minute, of five erect, nearly equal, short, acute 
teeth. Corolla an inch long, forming a nearly cylindrical ¢uéde, 
only very slightly contracted below the Jims, of a pale brick-red 
colour (in the state in which we received them), yellowish at the 
mouth and on the under side. Zimé of five, erect or subconni- 
vent, ovate, obtuse lobes. Stamens and pistil included. Fila- 
ments hairy below. Anthers with two large pores. Ovary resi- 
noso-punctate, ovate, five-celled. Style hairy below. Stigma of 
five minute lobes or points. 
Fig. 1. Flower and pedicel. 2. Stamen. 3. Calyx and pistil. 4, Trans- 
verse section of ovary :—magnified. 
