from a light pink, or rose colour, to a dark purple, with 

 a yellow spot at the base. Stamens numerous, from 150 

 to 200, overtopping the stigma : filaments slender, 

 smooth, pale yellow : anthers 2-celled, attached to the 

 filament by their back : pollen bright orange-colour. 

 Germen thickly clothed with long closely-pressed silky 

 hairs. Style smooth, slightly curved. Stigma capitate, 

 slightly 5-furrowed, granular. 



The present is one of the commonest species in all 

 the Nurseries about London, where it is sold under se- 

 veral different names, and generally for C. salvifolius, 

 which is a white flowered species, but resembles the 

 present plant a little in habit: there is a good charac- 

 teristic figure of the present plant in Duhamel's work 

 above quoted, and we have seen fine specimens of it in 

 Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, that were received from 

 Crete under the name of C. creticus ; but it is very dif- 

 ferent from C. creticus of Jacquin, and the Flora Graeca, 

 a plant that we have not yet met with in any collection ; 

 and which, if any of our Subscribers possess, we should 

 feel much obliged for an opportunity of giving a figure 

 of it: it probably still exists in the Botanic Garden 

 at Oxford. 



The present forms a snug compact bush, and con- 

 tinues to produce its flowers in succession for a length 

 of time ; the flowers vary in colour, from a pale lilac to 

 a dark purple, and very much even on the same plant 

 at different times. M. Decandolle's variety virescens we 

 have not yet met with. If planted on rock- work, or in the 

 open borders, it will require to be covered with a mat, 

 or some other covering, in severe frosty weather, as it is 

 a native of the South of Europe ; but it will succeed 

 very well through a mild Winter without the least pro- 

 tection : it thrives best in rather a dry situation, as too 

 much moisture is apt to rot its roots; it also succeeds 

 well in pots in a light sandy soil, when it can be pre- 

 served in frames in Winter. Cuttings of it strike root 

 freely, if planted under hand-glasses in August or Sep- 

 tember ; it may also be raised from seeds, w r hich ripen 

 plentifully. 



