pedicles, villous, of a green colour. Pedicles densely ca- 

 nescent, nodding before flowering, erect when in flower, 

 and reflexed after flowering. Calyx of a yellow, glaucous 

 colour, minutely pubescent. Sepals 5, the 2 outer ones 

 very small, oblong, blunt, of a greener colour : inner ones 

 ovate, concave, obtuse, membranaceous, strongly 4-ner- 

 ved, the nerves more or less hairy. Petals 5, large, much 

 imbricate, more or less crumpled, obcordate, of a bright 

 saffron-colour at the base, and the upper part of a glossy 

 yellow. Stamens 40 to 50: filaments long and slender, 

 straw-coloured : pollen bright yellow. Germen densely 

 tomentose. Style smooth, slender at the base and thick- 

 ened upwards, curved round at the bottom. Stigma ca- 

 pitate, papillose. 



Our drawing was made from an unusually strong 

 plant, growing in the rock- work of the garden belong- 

 ing to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea, where it 

 covered more than the space of a yard in diameter, and 

 made a grand appearance when covered with flowers. 

 It is a native of Barbary, and the South of Europe, 

 and is all the better for a slight covering in severe frosty 

 weather, though it will succeed well through a mild Win- 

 ter without the least protection . We have seen specimens 

 of it in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, that were marked by 

 Dunal himself, so that we are certain of ours being his 

 species. It succeeds well in any light sandy soil, and may 

 be grown in rock- work or in any tolerable dry situation, 

 where it will flower better than if kept in pots, though 

 it is well to preserve a few in pots, which can be kept 

 in frames or some place under cover in severe frosty 

 weather. Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, 

 from July to September, will strike root readily. 



