S. ligulata. The leaves are ovate and obtuse at both ends, 

 extremely hairy on both, but especially the under surface and 

 along the nerves ; the peduncle is slender ; the inflorescence 

 an erect, but lax spreading panicle ; the calyx gamosepalous, 

 and cup-shaped at the base, and consequently less deeply 

 divided than in S. ligulata^ with the lacinise entire, and not 

 ciliate, and the petals more unguiculate." 



It must be confessed that the plant now represented does 

 not agree altogether with this description ; in particular it 

 wants the hairiness of the leaves spoken of by Dr. Royle, but 

 we ascribe this difference to cultivation. In fact, the plant in 

 the garden of the Horticultural Society, from whence this 

 drawing was made in March, 1843, was raised from seeds sent 

 under the name of S. ciliata from the Botanical Garden of 

 Saharunpur. 



We must remark that Dr. Walpers has a second S. ciliata 

 from India ; the latter being S. imbricata of Royle. 



This is a robust hardy perennial, requiring the same soil 

 and treatment as S. crassifolia ; but when planted in the open 

 border it must not have a situation which is damp in winter, 

 or fully exposed to the sun in summer. It is easily increased 

 by dividing the old plants ; or by seeds, which should be sown 

 when ripe in pots filled with sandy peat and a small portion 

 of loam. It flowers about May in the open border. 



