tributing by their strongly resinous scent to the headaches 
and the feeling of oppression which not infrequently 
attend the crossing of the lofty passes they inhabit, and 
there is no doubt that the aroma they emit is too heavy 
and powerful to be wholly agreeable. From its dwarf 
habit and its slow growth R. setosum is best adapted to 
places like the Rock-garden where it is relieved from 
competition with stronger-growing plants. It needs a 
damp peaty soil. It has never been common in cultivation 
in Great Britain, and appears here to be short-lived. At 
present it is quite rare in collections; the material for 
our figure was obtained from a specimen in the garden of 
Sir E. G. Loder, at Leonardslee, Horsham. Like many 
high Alpine species it would doubtless succeed better where 
there is a well-defined winter and a regular snowfall than 
it does under our indeterminate seasons and late spring 
frosts, 
Description.—Shrublet about a foot in height; twigs 
beset with deciduous divaricate setae. Leaves elliptic- 
obovate or oblong, apex rounded or nearly truncate, the 
midrib excurrent and slightly apiculate, base wide cuneate, 
rounded or nearly truncate, 1-3 in. long, 1-1 in. wide, 
coriaceous, lateral nerves indistinct, midrib raised beneath, 
both surfaces rather sparingly lepidote, rather sparingly 
setose on the revolute margin, particularly towards the 
base; petiole very short. Pedicels 4 in. long, puberulous 
and sparingly lepidote. Culyz divided almost to the base; 
segments somewhat unequal, more or less oblong, rounded 
at the tip, }—-} in. long, +5 in. wide, red, their margin ciliolate 
and lepidote, the outer surface slightly lepidote about the 
middle. Corvlla rose-purple; tube 1 in. long, shortly 
pilose within, more particularly above; lobes 5, spreading, 
obovate-lanceolate, more or less obtuse, their margin 
undulate, nearly 4 in, long, 4 in. wide. Filaments over 
3 in. long, bearded below; anthers narrow-oblong, yy in. 
long. Ovary 5 in. long, finely puberulous, sparingly 
lepidote; style 2 in. long, channelled below, glabrous. 
Capsule as long as the persistent calyx. 
Fig. 1, upper surface of a leaf; 2, under surface of the same ; 8, calyx and 
pistil; 4 and 5, stamens; 6, ovary :—all enlaryed. 
