membranaceous between the nerves. Petals 5, distinctly 

 spreading, obovate, narrow towards the base, the points 

 notched or crenulate, dark flesh-coloured, with a large 

 copper coloured mark near the base. Stamens numerous, 

 about 70 : filaments straw-coloured : anthers and .pollen 

 golden yellow. Germen tomentose. Style smooth, twist- 

 ed, and slender near the base, thickening upwards. 

 Stigma capitate, papillose. 



The present is a very handsome and showy plant 

 when covered with its brilliant flowers ; it belongs to 

 the same tribe as H.polifolium, to which it is nearly re- 

 lated, but is readily known at all times by the green 

 upper side of the leaves ; those are very variable in form 

 and size, some being nearly round or oval, and obtuse, 

 varying to lanceolate or linear, and more or less acute ; 

 the petals are nearly of the same form as H. polifotium, 

 and are also notched at the points, but they are of a 

 very different colour : it makes a desirable plant for the 

 ornamenting of rock-work, or to be grown in small 

 pots, succeeding best in a light sandy soil, and is co- 

 vered with bloom the greater part of the Summer and 

 till late in Autumn; young cuttings, planted under 

 hand-glasses, the latter end of Summer or Autumn, 

 strike root freely. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery 

 of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, from whose collection we 

 have also obtained a drawing of a double variety of it. 



