somewhat matted, white hairs. Corolla (about three lines 
long, four and a half across) inferior, subcampanulate, 
bluish purple, equal to the length of the calyx; segments 
three-nerved, blunt, entire, smooth, paler towards the base, 
and there, on the inside, somewhat hairy, and each having 
two over-lapping membranous wings, nectariferous. Sta- 
mens five, nearly thrice the length of the corolla, connected 
to its base, and alternating with its segments ; Filaments 
straight, distant, tapering, purple, slightly hairy at their 
origin, every where else smooth; Anthers yellow, placed 
transversely, attached by their middle, bilobular, lobes 
somewhat crescent-shaped, furrowed in the centre. Ger- 
men green, ovate, subcompressed, covered with loose, 
white, simple hairs, unilocular. Style erect, subangular, 
purple, nearly as long as the stamens, bifid at its apex ; 
Stigmas two, small, three-angled, green. Ovules numerous, 
attached to each parietal receptacle. 
This pretty and perfectly hardy alpine plant was raised 
at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds col- 
lected on the Rocky Mountains, North America, during 
Captain F'ranxxin’s second expedition, by Mr. Drummonp. 
It flowered in the open ground last summer, (1829,) but 
much more strongly in May, 1830. Granam. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Part of Corolla and Stamen. 4. Pistil, 
5. Section of Germen.— Magnified. 
