too may be included in the present species. The nearest 
allies of L. elegans are L. flavum, Linn., a species which 
is to be met with in south-eastern Germany and southern 
Russia, and L. campanulatum, Linn., a species confined to 
southern France. From the former our plant differs in 
its smaller leaves, from the latter in its smaller flowers. 
The plant from which our figure has been prepared was 
presented to Kew by Miss Willmott, from her garden at 
Warley Place, Great Warley. It is not yet possible to 
say whether it will prove hardy at Kew. It flowers 
freely in May in a frame, but does not ripen its seeds. 
It can, however, be propagated readil y by means of 
cuttings. 
Description.—Herb with a somewhat woody base, tufted; outer branches 
prostrate, central branches erect. Stem slender, cylindric, tawny-green, up to 
8 in. high. Leaves oblong-spathulate, the lowest usually close-set, rather 
obtuse, the uppermost linear, acute, 3714 in. long, 1-1 in. wide, glaucescent, 
with the midrib prominent beneath ; stipules linear, the lower about ;/, in. long, 
the upper very small. Inflorescence cymose, 2-7-flowered. Sepals green, linear- 
lanceolate, with the margins somewhat membranous, glandular, about } in. 
long, #4, in. wide. Petals spreading, distinctly clawed, yellow, with well marked 
nerves, nearly 1 in. long, 2 in. wide, caducous. Stamens with subulate fila- 
ments ; anthers linear, ;', in. long. Ovary 5-celled ; styles 5, free, filiform ; 
stigmas simple, linear, 
Tan. 8769. -— Fig. 1, flower, after removal of the petals ; 2, calyx in vertical 
section, showing stamens and pistil ; 3, pistil :—all enlarged. 
