the sides to discharge the pollen, which is orange co- 

 loured. Germen densely clothed with silky close- 

 pressed white hairs. Style pubescent, thickening up- 

 wards, about the length of the stamens. Stigma capi- 

 tate, slightly 5-lobed, pubescent. 



The present plant is one of the most desirable of its 

 tribe, being quite hardy, and will thrive in almost any 

 soil or situation where it is not too moist ; its flowers 

 are large, and produced in abundance, and it attains 

 to a height of 5 or 6 feet when grown in a sheltered 

 situation ; fine plants of it are growing in the Garden 

 belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, by the side 

 of the rock- work, and it is not an uncommon plant in 

 other collections, but is often confused with other spe- 

 cies, particularly with C. incanus, which is at present a 

 much rarer plant, and which we have been on the look 

 out for, for some time past, and have at last met with 

 both of Decandolle's varieties at Mr. Lee's of Ham- 

 mersmith ; the narrow-leaved one figured by Clusius, 

 is, we have little doubt, specifically different from the 

 other. C. incanus of the Flora Grseca is certainly dif- 

 ferent from both, and is probably C. cymosus of De- 

 candolle, which is mentioned in his Prodromus as 

 being cultivated in Cels's garden under the name of 

 C. incanus. 



Many cultivators are deceived by the name of the 

 present species, thinking it cannot be C. albidus as its 

 flowers are red, but expect that to be one of the white 

 flowered species. It succeeds best in a light sandy 

 soil, and young cuttings planted under hand-glasses in 

 Autumn will soon strike root; it may also be raised 

 from seeds, which sometimes ripen plentifully. Drawn 

 at the Nursery of Mr. Cobdll, last Summer. 



