bright purple spot above it, which is more or less 

 branched. Stamens short, about 150, unequal in length, 

 the inner ones longest: filaments slender, pale yellow. 

 Germen tomentose. Style hid by the stigma. Stigma 

 very large, capitate, papillose. 



The present plant being one of the handsomest, and 

 also being pretty hardy, is more generally cultivated 

 than any other species ; and in all the collections where 

 we have seen it, it has been considered as the C. lada- 

 niferus, and that species in the Nurseries is sold under 

 the name of C. salicifolius. In Curtis's Botanical Ma- 

 gazine, the present plant is also named C. ladaniferus, 

 and the figure is referred to as such in the last edition 

 of the Hortus Kewensis, though no two species can be 

 more distinct, the present bearing several flowers in a 

 cyme, the buds not half the size of C. ladaniferus, the 

 capsule only 5-celled, and of a very different shape, and 

 the leaves petioled : C. ladaniferus always produces its 

 flowers solitary, which are also larger, its capsule is 

 from 7 to 10-celled, and its leaves are flat and sessile; 

 it is much more distinct from the present plant, than 

 the present is from C. laurifolius, of which it is con- 

 sidered as a variety by Persoon: the present plant 

 thrives well in the open border, and ripens plenty of 

 seeds ; but it is best to have some young plants also in 

 pots, to be preserved in frames in severe Winters, which 

 will occasionally destroy the old ones. Young cuttings, 

 planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, will strike root; 

 but the best way is to raise them from layers or seed. 



Drawn at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, in July. 



