lanceolate, acute, very hairy. Pedicles scarcely so long 

 as the longest leaves, densely clothed with short rough 

 bristle-like hairs, and short down intermixed. Calyx 

 of 3 sepals, that are ovate, concave, tapering to a long 

 slender point, clothed with numerous short rough brown 

 hairs, and short pubescence intermixed. Petals 5, dis- 

 tinctly spreading, not at all imbricate, of a bright gold- 

 en yellow, very broad at the ends, but slightly retuse, 

 and crenulate, tapering very much to the base. Sta- 

 mens about 80, spreading : filaments unequal in length, 

 bright yellow : pollen golden yellow. Ovarium rough, 

 much punctated with small dots, clothed with a short 

 pubescence, but glossy. Style short, hid by the large 

 stigma. Stigma capitate, peltate, papillose. 



Our drawing of the present species was made last 

 Summer from a plant sent to us by Mr. J. Miller, from 

 their extensive and valuable collection at the Bristol 

 Nursery ; and we have not met with it in any of the col- 

 lections about London. It is a native of Portugal, and 

 requires the same treatment as H. formosum, to be 

 grown in a light sandy soil, and if planted in a shel- 

 tered situation, or by the side of a wall in a southern 

 aspect, it will stand through the Winter without being 

 injured; but should the Winter be very severe, it 

 would be requisite to cover it with a mat in the hardest 

 frost ; or it may be grown in pots, which can be pre- 

 served in frames through the Winter, to be only covered 

 up in frosty weather. Cuttings of it, planted under hand- 

 glasses in August, will strike root readily, but as soon 

 as rooted they will require to be hardened by degrees 

 to the air, or they will otherwise damp off. 



