ovate, concave, acute, membranaceous, with three or 

 four strong nerves. Petals 5, narrow, about the length 

 of the sepals, obovate, slightly notched at the points, 

 distinctly spreading, of a light yellow, with a small saf- 

 fron coloured spot near the base. Stamens 15 to 20, 

 spreading, longer than the style. Germen three-sided, 

 pubescent. Style short, erect. Stigma large, capitate, 

 fimbriate. 



This pretty little species is a native of France, and a 

 hardy annual, and only requires to be sown in the open 

 borders in April, and to be kept free from weeds ; it 

 will then continue to flower all the Summer, and will 

 ripen plenty of seeds. We first received plants of it 

 from Mr. W. Anderson, Curator of the Apothecaries' 

 Company's Garden, at Chelsea, in 1826, but they had 

 been raised from seeds so late in the Summer, that the 

 flo\vers they produced were all apetalous, but those 

 produced abundance of seeds, some of which we sowed 

 in April 1827; the plants from which produced abun- 

 dance of perfect flowers, and from one of those the pre- 

 sent figure was made. 



