Stamens numerous, about 150, filaments smooth, pale 

 yellow : pollen orange-coloured. Germen densely clo- 

 thed with close-pressed silky hairs. Style very short. 

 Stigma large, capitate, 5-lobed, papillose. 



This very fine species is generally known in the col- 

 lections about London by the name of C. creticus ; but 

 that is a very different plant, and one that we have not 

 met with in any collection last Summer ; that is rea- 

 dily distinguished from any other, by its dwarf bushy 

 growth, and generally bearing only one or two flowers 

 on each peduncle, which terminates the branches ; the 

 petals are much imbricate, and the colour of a reddish 

 purple, without any dark spots at the base ; it is much 

 nearer related to C. villosus than to the present plant, 

 and we have seen specimens of C. villosus in Mr. Lam- 

 bert's Herbarium that were received from Crete, under 

 the name of C. creticus. 



According to M. Decandolle, the present species is 

 a native of the Levant, and is rather too tender to en- 

 dure our severest Winters without protection ; but it 

 will succeed well against a wall, so as to be covered up 

 with mats in severe frost ; and in the warmer counties, 

 such as Devonshire, we believe it would survive with- 

 out any protection whatever : plants of it, if kept in 

 pots, and preserved in frames all the Winter, and then 

 turned in the borders in Spring, will make a fine ap- 

 pearance, as it grows very fast, and makes a hand- 

 some shrub ; it will succeed well in the common garden 

 soil, or if grown in pots, a mixture of sandy loam and 

 peat will suit it very well. Young cuttings, planted 

 under hand-glasses in August or September, will soon 

 strike root ; but the glasses must not remain on them 

 long after they are rooted, or they will be liable to damp 

 off; they will succeed best if potted off, and preserved 

 in frames through the Winter. Drawn at Mr. Colvill's 

 Nursery, last Summer. 



