hairs. Petals 5, or sometimes 6, broadly obovate or 

 obcordate, slightly notched, concave, slightly imbricate 

 at the base, of a bright yellow. Stamens about 24, 

 unequal in length, spreading : filaments smooth, pale 

 yellow, overtopping the stigma : pollen orange- coloured. 

 Germen smooth. Style straight, very short. Stigma 

 very large, capitate, papillose. 



Had we not seen H. brasiliense growing by the side 

 of the present plant, we should have been inclined to 

 have given it for that species, as the description given 

 of that by M. Decandolle differs but little from our 

 present subject, but it still agrees better with what we 

 consider the true H. brasiliense ; plants of both species 

 were raised from seed, the year before last, by Mr. An- 

 derson, at the Apothecaries' Company's garden, at 

 Chelsea, where our drawing was made last July ; the 

 seeds were given to him by Dr. J. Sims, who received 

 them from Mr. Frederick Sello, by whom they were col- 

 lected in the Brazils, and Mr. Anderson informs us that 

 they are the best things he has yet sent ; the present 

 plant differs from H. brasiliense in being much more 

 smooth and slender, its branches are more decumbent, 

 the leaves less pubescent, of a glossy green, and 

 narrower, and the capsules scarcely half the size ; we 

 have not seen any perfect flowers of H. brasiliense, 

 as it did not bloom till autumn, and the flowers were 

 all apetalous, which was also the case with the autumn 

 flowers of the present species, and all the other species 

 of this section that we have had an opportunity of ex- 

 amining this season ; the apetalous flowers all produce 

 perfect seeds, but we do not understand the reason of 

 their producing perfect flowers only in summer. 



This plant, as well as H. brasiliense, will require to 

 be kept in a cool part of the Greenhouse, or in frames, 

 in frosty weather, or they will be liable to be injured, 

 though perhaps they will prove quite hardy, as we ob- 

 serve they draw up very weak in the Greenhouse ; they 

 thrive well in a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand; 

 and young cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted 

 under hand-glasses, will soon strike root ; plants may 

 also be raised from seeds. 



