5 sepals, the 2 outer ones very small, lanceolate, con- 

 cave, ciliate and tipped with bristle like hairs : 3 inner 

 ones ovate, concave, strongly 4-nerved, with membra- 

 naceous margins, the nerves warted with brown warts, 

 and villosely hairy. Petals 5, imbricate, broadly obo- 

 vate, the edges undulate and slightly crenulate, of a 

 light yellow, with a saffron coloured crescent shaped 

 mark near the base. Stamens about 40, rather shorter 

 than the style ; filaments slender, smooth, pale yellow. 

 Germen silky. Style twisted at the base, oblique, slen- 

 der at the base, and thickened upwards. Stigma capi- 

 tate, papillosely fimbriate. 



Our drawing of this plant was taken from one obli- 

 gingly communicated to us by Mr. Anderson, from the 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden, last September, when it was 

 in full bloom for the second time that Summer, the dry 

 weather setting in at the season that they were in bloom 

 the first time, which made the blossoms soon drop, and 

 when the wet set in, they produced fresh blooming- 

 shoots ; and many of the species were flowering again 

 in Autumn as fine as in the Spring. Mr. Anderson 

 had received this species under the name of H. st&cha- 

 difolium, which, as M. Decandolle remarks, is the gar- 

 den name for it ; he also had it from Mr. Webb, under 

 the name of H. BarreUeri, under which name it is 

 figured in the Botanical Magazine, on Mr. Webb's au- 

 thority ; but it is very different from H. Barrelieri of 

 Decandolle and Tenore ; that species belongs to quite 

 a different section : we showed our drawing to M. La- 

 gasca, who immediately recognized it as his H. angusti- 

 folium, which is the synonym given by M. Decandolle. 

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

 succeeds well on rock- work, in a sheltered situation ; 

 or it will thrive well in pots, in an equal mixture of 

 sandy loam and peat; cuttings root readily planted 

 under hand-glasses in Autumn ; it may also be raised 

 from seeds, which are sometimes ripened. 



