This species is nearly related to H. pplygalafolium, 

 f. 1 1 , but differs sufficiently in the following particulars. 

 The stems of this are more upright and straighter, and 

 clothed with loose wool, not with spreading hairs, as in 

 that ; the leaves in this are broader, and covered all over 

 with long spreading hairs, not glossy on the upper side, 

 and having the hairs in fascicles on the lower side, as 

 in that ; the peduncles here are shorter than the leaves, 

 in that they are double the length of the leaves ; the ca- 

 lyx in this is much longer, with long taper points, and 

 clothed with a close pressed tomentum ; in that it is 

 clothed with bristly hairs ; the flowers in this are larger, 

 the stamens more numerous; the capsule in this is 

 larger and pointed, in that it is nearly globular; the 

 seeds in this are also larger, and the young plants, when 

 first up from seed, may be distinguished apart immedi- 

 ately; they were both sent from the Brazils, by Mr. Fre- 

 derick Sello to Dr. Sims, as two distinct species, one 

 marked Helianthemum, 19, the other 48. Dr. Sims pre- 

 sented the seed to Mr. William Anderson, Curator of 

 the Apothecaries' Company's Garden, at Chelsea, where 

 they were sown in 1823 ; and from a plant raised from 

 it the present drawing was taken last May, the first 

 time that it produced perfect flowers ; those that were 

 produced the preceding Autumn being all apetalous, as 

 are the Autumn flowers of all the species of this section 

 that we have had an opportunity of seeing ; but those 

 apetalous flowers produce as perfect seeds as the com- 

 plete flowers. 



We have not yet proved whether the Brazilian spe- 

 cies of this genus are hardy enough to bear our Winters 

 in the open air, but at any rate they may be preserved 

 through the Winter in a frame, as we see they are much 

 drawn in a Greenhouse, which proves that it is too warm 

 a temperature for them ; they thrive well in pots in a 

 mixture of sandy loam and peat, and may be raised from 

 cuttings, planted under a hand-glass in Autumn, or 

 from seeds, which ripen in abundance. 



H. brasiliense of Sprengel, must be a very different 

 species, judging from his description. 



