obovate or obcordate, with a yellow spot at the base of 

 each. Stamens about 100, spreading round : filaments 

 smooth and yellow, unequal in length ; anthers yellow. 

 Germen pubescent. Style very short. Stigma large, ca- 

 pitate, 5-furrowed, papillose, covering the style. Cap- 

 sule oblong, pubescent, 5-celled. Seeds conical, brown 

 and glossy, about the size of rape seed. 



We do not find any description that agrees with the 

 present plant, which may probably be a garden pro- 

 duction; if so, it is probably intermediate between 

 C. laxus and C. oblongifolius , or perhaps the latter with 

 C. Cupanianus; from the two first it differs in the broad 

 base of its leaves, which brings it nearer to the latter ; 

 the habit of the plant, and its mode of flowering, is 

 nearest to C. oblongifolius : it forms a handsome, strong, 

 upright, evergreen shrub, and is quite hardy, produ- 

 cing its flowers all the Summer, and till late in Au- 

 tumn, when planted in the open ground, thriving well 

 in a rich light soil ; and young cuttings, planted under 

 hand-glasses in August, strike root freely ; it may also 

 be raised from seeds. 



Our drawing was made last Summer from a plant at 

 the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King's-road, Chelsea. 



