ones ovate, concave inwards, but terminating in a long 

 taper point. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, narrowing 

 towards the base, distinct or but slightly imbricate. 

 Stamens about thirty, spreading -.filaments bright yellow : 

 pollen orange-coloured. Germen smooth, triangular, ter- 

 minated by a very short style, that is hid by the large 

 capitate stigma. Capsule smooth and glossy, 3-valved, 

 several-seeded. 



The present beautiful plant is a native of Carolina, 

 and requires to be grown in peat soil ; it should be pre- 

 served through the Winter in frames, or in the Green- 

 house, or it will be liable to be killed in severe frosty 

 weather ; in Winter it dies down to the root, and comes 

 up again the following Spring ; this is the case with all 

 the North American species, by which means they are 

 frequently lost, as the cultivators of them suppose they 

 are quite dead, and turn them out of the pots as such : 

 it is readily increased by young cuttings, planted under 

 hand-glasses in Spring, the young plants to be potted 

 off as soon as sufficiently rooted, that they may be en- 

 abled to become strong enough to stand through the 

 Winter; it may also be raised from seeds, which ripen 

 in abundance. 



Our drawing was made from fine specimens^ commu- 

 nicated by A. B. Lambert, Esq. 



