rium pubescent. Style short, twisted. Stigma very 

 large, capitate, fimbriate. 



From Sprengel's description, we believe the present 

 to be the plant he intends for H. alpestre, but certainly 

 not the one described by Decandolle, which we have 

 already published, and the leaves of which are green on 

 both sides ; the present is a stiffer shorter plant, with 

 much stiffer and rounder leaves, which are of a snowy 

 whiteness on the lower side. It is certainly a very 

 pretty plant when covered with its numerous flowers, 

 and is a very proper subject for adorning rock-work, 

 or for growing in a small pot ; it is quite hardy, as we 

 see several nice plants of it thriving well in Mr. Col- 

 vill's Nursery at Roehampton, that had stood two years 

 in the open border without any protection. It succeeds 

 well in a light sandy soil, or an equal mixture of light 

 sandy loam and peat will suit it very well ; young cut- 

 tings, planted under hand-glasses, in Autumn, strike 

 root readily. 



Our drawing was made last Summer, from a plant 

 in the collection of Mr. Colvill, at his Nursery in the 

 King's-road, Chelsea. 



