transparent between the nerves, showing the yellow 

 petals through before they expand. Petals 5, roundly 

 obovate, very much imbricate, varying on the same 

 plant from a bright yellow to a pale straw-colour, 

 generally marked with a saffron-coloured spot near 

 the base. Stamens numerous : Jilaments yellow : pollen 

 orange-coloured. Germen tomentose. Style smooth, 

 very slender, and twisted near the base, thickening gra- 

 dually upwards. Stigma capitate, papillose. Capsule 

 tomentose, large and inflated, triangular, three-celled, 

 9 to 12-seeded. Seeds brown, angular, rough. 



This pretty and curious plant is of hybrid origin, 

 having been produced from the seed of H. croceum, that 

 was fertilized by the pollen of H. pulverulentum, in the 

 rock-work, at the Apothecaries' Company's Garden at 

 Chelsea, where it sowed itself last year, and this year 

 produced flowering plants, that grew very fast, and 

 were covered with flowers from May last, to the end of 

 November ; the flowers were very variable, some being 

 of a bright yellow, and others on the same plant, and 

 sometimes on the same branch, of a pale straw-colour, 

 so that they made a curious variegated appearance, the 

 yellow flowers coming nearest to the female parent, 

 and the straw-coloured ones approaching nearer to the 

 male, which was a white-flowered species ; the form of 

 the leaves and habit of the plant is also intermediate 

 between the two. It is a very desirable plant for orna- 

 menting rock-work, as it continues in flower for such 

 a length of time, and is also a fast grower; it also 

 succeeds well in small pots, planted in a light sandy 

 soil ; and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses 

 in Autumn, strike root readily. 



We have named it in compliment to our respected 

 friend, Mr. William Anderson, to whom we are obliged 

 for the opportunity of making drawings of many rare 

 species, which we have not seen in any other collection. 



