the stigma : filaments unequal in length, slender, bright 

 yellow. Germen clothed with silky hairs. Style very 

 short, erect, hid by the large, capitate, slightly 5-lobed, 

 papillose Stigma. 



We have seen some fine specimens of this plant in 

 the Herbarium of A. B. Lambert, Esq. who received 

 them from Crete under the name of C. salvifolius, but it 

 is very different from that species, or any other with 

 which we are acquainted ; it forms a pretty little com- 

 pact bush, which is covered with flowers a good part of 

 the Summer; the plants that we have seen have not been 

 more than a foot to eighteen inches in height, and very 

 bushy, and it appears to be one of the dwarfest grow- 

 ing species of the genus. 



Being a native of Crete, it requires a little shelter in 

 severe frost, either to be covered with mats, or some 

 other covering, if planted in the open ground : but if 

 grown in pots, it may be protected in a frame or Green- 

 house in frosty weather, and can then be turned out in 

 the borders in Spring. It thrives well in any light sandy 

 soil, or a mixture of light sandy loam and peat will suit 

 it very well. Young cuttings, planted under hand- 

 glasses in August or September, will strike root readily. 



Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Messrs. 

 Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham ; and it was 

 most probably first introduced from Greece by Dr. Sib- 

 thorp, and has been in our collections ever since, with- 

 out being noticed as a distinct species. 



