broadly wedge shaped, very much imbricate, of a thin 

 texture and much crumpled, of a pure white with a 

 faint yellow mark at the base of each. Stamens nume- 

 rous, about 150, spreading : filaments smooth, pale 

 yellow, of various lengths ; pollen yellow. Germen to- 

 mentose. Style very short, quite hid by the large capi- 

 tate, slightly 5-lobed, papillose Stigma. 



Our drawing of this plant was taken from one grow- 

 ing in the open border, at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at 

 Hammersmith, in July last; it appears to us to be 

 quite new and nondescript, differing from all others 

 with which we are acquainted by its smooth glossy 

 sepals, and also in the shape of its leaves, approaching 

 the nearest to C. longifolius, but still very different 

 from that species ; the plants were very bushy, and the 

 shoots were terminated by large cymes of white flowers, 

 which open in succession, and make a fine contrast 

 with the dark green leaves with which the plants are 

 clothed. It succeeds well in the common garden soil, 

 in rather a dry situation, and would thrive well on 

 rock- work ; or if grown in pots, a mixture of sandy 

 loam and peat would suit it very well. Cuttings planted 

 under hand-glasses in Autumn, strike root freely. 



