inflated, obtuse, spur at the base. Pedicels an inch anda 
half to two inches long ong. Calyx subclavate, with a constric- 
rom 5 sar ga most evident in the young calyx, five- 
toothed, teeth erect, obtuse: the whole is yellow- 
led with excessively minute purple dots. ‘of 
Corolla slender, cy lindrical, yellow, about half as long 
again as the calyx ; of five broad, spreading, obcor- 
date (with ad —) purplish rose-coloured segments ; 
the faux elevated, deep orange-yellow, ten-rayed. Stamen 
| — a little withing? the throat : anthers a almost 
sessile, reaching to the mouth of the tube. Germen ovate ; 
¢ about f as long as the tube of the corolla. The 
, according to Leprnour, is longer than the a 
# are universal favorites in our gardens, and 
many have been long cultivated and figured. ‘The present 
is, | among those least maowe in collections, and 
2 edly among the most beautiful. Our Glasgow Garden 
Seon possession of it to the Cambridge Botanic Garden, 
whence it was sent by Mr. Bicas to Mr. Murray. It isa 
tative of the Northern regions of Siberia, and of the Altaic 
whence we have specimens from Dr. Fiscuen ; 
but like other pl — ants from countries where the winters are 
much severer our own, this requires the steerage of 
“a frame in w in winter, which serves the same purpose as 
‘of snow in its native regions. A pans 
Fig. 1. Involucre. 2, Flower, 3, Pistil : magnified. 
