tubercles. Calyx of 5 sepals, thickly clothed with long 

 slender white hairs ; the two outer ones small, lanceo- 

 late, acute ; 3 inner ones ovate, taper-pointed, strongly 

 3-nerved, concave. Petals 5, slightly imbricate at the 

 base, yellow. Stamens 12 to 18. Germen three-sided, 

 smooth, the angles hairy. Style short, erect, very slen- 

 der at the base, and much thickened upwards. Stigma 

 headed, fimbriate. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. 



This pretty little annual plant is a native of Spain, 

 Italy, and other countries in the South of Europe. It 

 only requires to be sown in the open borders of the 

 Flower Garden, and to be kept free from weeds ; the 

 seeds should be sown in March, or the beginning of 

 April ; the plants will then flower abundantly, and 

 ripen plenty of seeds. 



Our drawing was made at the Apothecaries' Com- 

 pany's Garden, at Chelsea, last Summer. 



