in October, 1917, did not ripen seed. In 1918 some seed, 
saved from the gift of the previous year, was sown in 
March, and the resulting plants, grown in pans in a frame, 
flowered freely in July. The species unfortunately can- 
not be said to be hardy at Kew, and although it can be 
raised satisfactorily in pots, provided freshly imported 
seeds are available, its liability to attack by slugs makes _ 
- a to preserve in a rock garden or elsewhere out 
of doors. 
Descriprion.—Herb; annual; stems usually spreadingly branched, sometimes 
nearly simple, more or less strigose-hirsute. Leaves of the stem sessile, oblong- 
linear, obtuse, rounded at the base, up to 2 in. long and } in. broad, strigose-. 
hirsute, with a strigose-ciliate margin ; midrib and lateral nerves inconspicuous. 
Flowers terminal or axillary; pedicels of axillary flowers up to 14 in. long; 
bracts and bracteoles resembling the leaves, but smaller. Receptacle broadly 
obconie, glabrous. Calyx-segments lanceolate, somewhat acute, } in. long, 
4 in. broad, strigose-ciliate on the margins and sometimes on the midrib; 
appendages ovate, obtuse, } in. long, strongly strigose-hirsute. Corolla 
campanulate, glabrous, deep yellow, about + in long, the throat 2 in. in 
diameter, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute, 2 in. long, 3 in. broad. 
Stamens with flattened filaments nearly 7; in. long, ; in. broad, the upper 
part ciliate, otherwise glabrous; anthers + in. long. Style nearly 3 in. long 
including the 3 stigmas which are ,, in. long, glabrous below, densely pubescent 
‘above. Capsule nodding, shortly obconic. 
Tas, 8827,—Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2 and 3, st: sa i i 
Graded: g , Stamens; 4, style and stigma: 
