flated, very hairy : two outer sepals very small, spread- 

 ing, and clothed with spreading hairs: inner ones 

 broadly ovate, three to five-nerved, glossy, the nerves 

 pale red, hollow on the inside. Petals 5, imbricate, 

 rounded, pale yellow or straw-colour, spreading flat 

 when expanded. Stamens from 8 to 10, surrounding the 

 Style : Jilaments yellow: pollen orange-coloured. Ger- 

 men hairy. Style a little twisted at the base, then be- 

 coming erect. Stigma capitate, papillose. 



This pretty little species is a native of Barbary, 

 Egypt, and the Levant, and is therefore rather tender, 

 requiring to be kept in frames, or in the Greenhouse, 

 in severe frosty weather ; or if planted in rock- work, a 

 common garden-pot placed close over it, with the hole 

 at the bottom close stopped, will protect it very well ; 

 we find this method succeed with many plants that are 

 tender, such as the herbaceous plants from Mexico, 

 Chili, Peru, The Cape of Good Hope, New South 

 Wales, the Levant, and the Canary Islands ; and nu- 

 merous rather tender plants that would otherwise be 

 killed, are preserved in good health, by that means ; 

 the best soil for the present species is a mixture of light 

 sandy loam and peat; and some plants of it should be 

 grown in pots, and preserved in frames or in the Green- 

 house, in Winter, or in the window of a light room ; 

 young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Summer, 

 in a shady situation, will root freely ; it also produces 

 an abundance of seeds, by which young plants may be 

 readily raised. 



Our drawing was made from a plant in the Garden 

 belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea, 

 where it was raised from seeds by Mr. W. Anderson. 



