either coloured reddish orange at the base as in this figure, 

 or of one uniform green. 



Like the other species of this handsome genus this is 

 exceedingly easy to cultivate, if care be taken that the soil 

 in which it is grown contains a small portion of chalk mixed 

 with loam and peat. The plants are not very tender, living 

 near London with the protection of a frame in winter ; and 

 would no doubt thrive well in some of the sheltered gardens 

 in the mild southern climate of Great Britain. 



Nothing can be more beautiful than the feathery hairs of 

 all the species in this genus ; they form striking microscopic 

 objects. Fig. 1. represents the ovary all covered with them; 

 and at the same time its interior, together with the long 

 slender style and the curious papilte that line the base of the 

 tube, are brought into view; 2. one of those same papillae; 

 3. an ovule with its singular hatchet-headed stalk. 



