ing, more than double the length of the calyx, the mar- 

 gins finely serrated, of a pale yellow, with a dark purple 

 spot near the base. Stamens from 20 to 25, spreading ; 

 filaments unequal in length, smooth, pale yellow : pol- 

 len yellow. Germen smooth and glossy. Style short, 

 erect, hid by the large capitate papillose white Stigma. 

 This pretty annual plant is grown in many of the 

 collections about London as H. guttatum, which seems 

 to be a much scarcer plant; that ours is the true H. 

 eriocaulon of Decandolle's Prodromus, we have satis- 

 fied ourselves by examining the specimens referred to 

 by him in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, where specimens 

 of both species are preserved ; and they are certainly 

 very different, although Professor Sprengel has again 

 united them, most probably without seeing either. M. 

 Lagasca, who saw our drawing, immediately recognised 

 it as the H. eriocaulon, before we examined the speci- 

 mens: it is a native of Spain and the South of Europe, 

 and only requires to be sown in the open ground like 

 any other hardy annual, where it will flower and ripen 

 abundance of seeds. Plants of it are now in full bloom 

 in our garden, from seeds sown in May last. Any per- 

 son who wishes to preserve specimens of this plant, 

 should gather them in the morning as soon as they open ; 

 for if left until the anthers burst, which they very soon 

 do, the stigma immediately becomes fertilized, and 

 the petals will not then remain on. Our drawing was 

 made at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, last Summer. 



