elongated and cernuous when bearing the fruit. Flowers — 
yellow. Calyx of six, spreading, elliptical, leaflets. Petals — 
six, yellow, opposite to the leaflets of the calyx, erect, — 
semi-cylindrical, truncated, biaristate at the apex, about — 
half the length of the calyx. Stamens six, yellow, opposite — 
to the petals, and longer than they; anthers bilocular, | 
opening by the sides folding upwards to the apex, where | 
they adhere to the connectioum. Stigma small, simple: — 
Style short, angular: Germen inflated, membranous, unilo- — 
cular. Ovules four, obovate, green, erect from the base of — 
the germen, and afterwards exposed by the rupture of its — 
apex. 3 
PThis very pretty plant was received by Mr. Fatconer — 
from Mr. Goxpie, and flowered very freely in a cold frame — 
at Carlowrie in April. It is a native of the Altai Moun- 
tains, towards the Western part of which, it appears from _ 
Leprzour, it is most abundant, flowering early in spring, — 
while in the Eastern part it was not observed. According — 
to the same author, it does not differ from Leontice Odes 
sana of Dr. Fiscuer. ” 
In a most valuable collection of Lepesour’s plants, which _ 
I possess through the inexhaustible kindness of my friend — 
Mr. Hunneman, there is a specimen illustrating the singular 
appearance occasioned by the protrusion of the unripe seeds 
through the ruptured, membranous capsule. Graham. ; 
4 “& 
. Fig. ‘1. Flower and Bractea. 2. One of the Petals and of the Stamens- 
3. Pistil. 4. Ovules situated in the base of the cell, 
