lengths, tinged with purple. Petals 5, not at all imbri- 

 cate, but distinctly spreading, wedge shaped, very nar- 

 row at the base, more or less crumpled or undulate, of 

 a bright yellow, with a smallish dark purple spot on 

 each, a little above the base. Stamens from 80 to 100; 

 filaments smooth, unequal in length, of a pale yellow : 

 anthers yellow, with a purple spot at the point : pollen 

 granular, orange-coloured. Stylehid by the large capi- 

 tate granular Stigma. 



Our drawing of this handsome species, was made from 

 a fine plant, in the garden belonging to the Apothe- 

 caries' Company, at Chelsea, the only collection in which 

 we have seen it, and where it was grown in a pot, and 

 preserved through the Winter in the Greenhouse; it is 

 one of the latest flowering species, and is nearly related 

 to H. atyssoides and H. rugosum, but in our opinion is 

 sufficiently distinct from both, being readily distinguish- 

 ed from all its congeners, except H. ocymoides, by its 

 small leaves, and from that by their different form, and 

 the habit of the plant : like the other plants of the sec- 

 tion to which it belongs, it is rather tender, requiring a 

 little protection in severe frosty weather, either to be 

 planted near a wall or fence, and to be covered with a 

 mat, or to be grown in pots, and to be protected under 

 a frame, or in the Greenhouse ; a mixture of light sandy 

 loam and peat is the best soil for it ; and young cut- 

 tings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, soon 

 strike root. 



