cence, and sometimes with a few spreading hairs; 

 sepals taper-pointed, outer ones small, subulate, often 

 wanting. Petals 5, very broad, obcordate, slightly 

 emarginate, imbricate, of a bright yellow, slightly 

 spotted at the base. Stamens numerous. Style 

 scarcely any. Stigma large, capitate, slightly lobed. 

 Capsule villous, 3-valved. Seeds about 15 in each 

 capsule, angular, light brown, warted. 



Several different species appear to have been con- 

 fused with the present, which is certainly the plant de- 

 cribed in the Hortns Kewensis, and also the one meant 

 by Linnseus, who refers to Miller's figure, which is a good 

 representation of our plant; the spots on the petals are 

 larger and darker than in ours, but we have seen them 

 vary considerably on different plants. We are not so 

 certain of the plant described by M. Decandolle being 

 the same, the peduncles and calyx being described as 

 white and leprous, which was not the case with ours. 

 It is without doubt the H. elongatum of Willdenow's 

 Enumeratio, but it cannot be the H. cheiranthoides of 

 Decandolle, who gives the Cistus elongatus of Vahl, 

 as a synonym with a mark of doubt. It is a native of 

 the South of Europe, and requires protection from 

 severe frost, either in a green-house or frame; the 

 same kind of treatment as is recommended for Cistus 

 ladaniferus and C. candidissimus will suit the present 

 plant. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses on a 

 slight hot-bed, will strike root freely. It may also be 

 raised from seeds, which sometimes ripen. 



Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King's Road, 

 Chelsea, last summer. 



