likewise noticed the curious moniliform pubescence of the 

 stem. But with respect to the corona,, which in our plant 

 was very distinct, this author remarks that there was scarcely 

 any. In other respects we find nothing contradictory in the 

 two descriptions. 



Native of the eastern Caucasean Alps, where it grows 

 amongst the fragments of Schistus. Flowers in May and 

 June. Communicated by Mr. Anderson from the Chelsea 

 garden. 



Fig. 1. Represents the pistil with the fire longer stamens. 2. One of 

 the petals with a shorter stamen attached to the base of the claw, shewing 

 also the corona. 



