short, straight, nearly hid by the large capitate stigma. 

 Stigma 3-lobed, papillosely fimbriate. 



This very pretty herbaceous perennial species is a 

 native of North America, and succeeds best in peat 

 soil, either to be planted in a bed amongst other Ame- 

 rican plants, or to form a patch by itself in a border of 

 the flower garden ; it will also succeed very well in rock- 

 work, but the soil in which it is planted must be chiefly 

 peat, and care must be taken that it is not killed by the 

 drought in Summer. Its handsome flowers are produced 

 in abundance in July and August; after that time it 

 continues to bloom and ripen seeds plentifully until 

 October ; but the flowers after August are all without 

 petals, the calyx and capsules are also smaller and of a 

 different form from those produced by the flowers with 

 petals ; this is also the case with H. polygal&folium and 

 brasiliense, and we expect with the whole of this section. 



The present plant is sufficiently hardy to endure our 

 Winters in the open air without protection ; but as it dies 

 down to the ground in Winter, many people might sup- 

 pose it was dead, and have it thrown away, particularly 

 when grown in pots, as no signs of life appear in it at 

 that season ; therefore, if grown in pots, they should have 

 the name wrote on labels of some kind, to ensure pre- 

 servation. Seeds of it ripen plentifully ; but they must 

 be gathered as soon as ripe, as the capsule soon bursts, 

 and the seeds are then lost ; the best time for sowing 

 them is early in Spring ; they should be sown in pots, 

 and as soon as up should be pricked out, either sepa- 

 rately or several in one pot, or they will be very liable 

 to damp off if left too long in the seed-pot. Drawn at 

 the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in July last. 



