filaments unequal in length, slender, yellow : pollen 

 orange-coloured. Germen silky. Style smooth, long, 

 much curved. Stigma capitate, slightly 5-furrowed, 

 granular. Capsule about the size of a small hazel-nut, 

 five-celled, and many seeded. 



Our drawing of this very handsome plant was made 

 at the Nursery of Mr. Pamplin, at Lavender-hill, in the 

 Wands worth-road, the only collection in which we have 

 observed it ; we think there can be no doubt but it is the 

 same as the one figured in Barrelier's Icones above re- 

 ferred to, but it can scarcely be C. sericeus to which that 

 figure has been generally added as a synonym ; it may 

 also, probably,beDecandolle's variety j3. of C.villosus,but 

 we have no hesitation in giving it as a distinct species, 

 as it is quite different in habit, as well as in the form of 

 the leaves, and its very large capsule : it makes a snug 

 dwarf bushy shrub, and flowers nearly all the Summer ; 

 and appears to be quite hardy, having stood the two last 

 Winters without protection, thriving well in the common 

 soil of the Nursery. It is readily increased by cuttings, 

 planted under hand-glasses, in Autumn, or by layers, 

 and may also be raised from seeds. 



A few days since, we received a fine flowering speci- 

 men of this plant, from Mr. J. Miller's Nursery at 

 Bristol, so that it is also in that extensive collection. 



