between the nerves, which are thickly clothed with 

 bristle-like hairs. Petals 5, imbricate, obcordate, more 

 or less crumpled, uneven at the ends, of a saffron co- 

 lour, with a dark copper-coloured spot at the base of 

 each, which makes a circle of that colour at the base of 

 the flower. Stamens numerous, unequal in length : Jila- 

 ments smooth, pale yellow. Germen densely tomentose. 

 Style smooth, somewhat bent at the base, where it is 

 very slender, club-shaped upwards. Stigma capitate, 

 papillose. 



The present plant is nearest related to H. hyssopifo- 

 lium, from which it differs in its trailing prostrate stems, 

 dull green and rough, not glossy smooth leaves, which 

 are also much more hairy, and they have quite a differ- 

 ent appearance when seen growing together ; it is also 

 related to H. nummularium; but that is a much more 

 branching plant, with yellow loose-petaled flowers ; it 

 may probably be a hybrid production between the two. 



The plant from which our drawing was made, was 

 sent to us by Mr. J. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, 

 with several other sorts that are not common in the 

 neighbourhood of London ; it makes a very desirable 

 plant for the ornamenting of rock-work, its flowers 

 being so different in colour from most others, thriving 

 well in a light sandy soil ; it also makes a handsome 

 appearance grown in small pots, in a mixture of sandy 

 loam and peat, and will continue to bloom in succes- 

 sion all the Summer, and till late in Autumn, the young 

 shoots as they are produced being generally terminated 

 by a raceme of flowers; it is quite hardy, having stood 

 the whole of last Winter in the open border of our gar- 

 den without the least protection. Cuttings, taken off 

 in the young wood, and planted under hand-glasses, in 

 July or August, will strike root in a few days. 



