4-nerved, glossy, the nerves slightly hairy. Petals 5, 

 obovate, crenulate, generally notched at the point, 

 widely spreading, distinct, or sometimes slightly over- 

 lapping at the base, of a bright sulphur colour, yellower 

 towards the base. Stamens above 50, shorter than the 

 style. Germen globular, downy. Style smooth, bent 

 about the middle, much thickened below the stigma, 

 and becoming gradually slenderer downwards. Stigma 

 capitate, slightly 3-lobed, pustulose. 



This pretty little plant is a native of Spain, and is 

 well adapted for the ornamenting of rock- work, when 

 mixed with other species ; it will stand our mildest 

 winters well without the least covering, but in very se- 

 vere frosts it requires a little protection, either with a 

 mat or some straw or fern, except there be a sufficient 

 quantity of snow to protect it ; plants of it may also be 

 grown in pots in a light sandy soil, where they will 

 thrive well, and produce an abundance of flowers; they 

 can then be protected by being placed in a frame in se- 

 vere weather; like the other species of this section, it 

 succeeds well by cuttings, planted under hand-glasses 

 in August or September, when they will soon strike 

 root. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery 

 of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, last Summer. 



