coloured, with a dark orange-coloured spot at the base. 

 Stamens 50 to 60 : filaments slender, smooth, bright 

 yellow: pollen yellow. Germen densely woolly. Style 

 smooth, curved round at the base, thickening upwards. 

 Stigma capitate, papillose. 



A very fine specimen of this handsome plant was 

 growing last Summer in the rock-work of the Garden 

 belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea, 

 where our drawing was made; it is readily distin- 

 guished from all others to which it is related, by its 

 stiff upright growth ; a good representation of it is 

 given in Barretter's I cones, 440 ; but we cannot find it 

 noticed by any modern author, nor do we see any re- 

 ference to the figure in any work that we have exa- 

 mined ; the flowers in our plant were very variable in 

 colour, scarcely ever two on the plant were alike, some 

 being of a bright red, others nearly yellow, some cop- 

 per-coloured, others with a mixture of all those co- 

 lours, and different shades between them, so that the 

 plant when in flower had a curious variegated appear- 

 ance. 



As the present subject is a native of the South of 

 Europe, it cannot bear the severity of our sharpest 

 Winters without protection: if grown in rock-work, 

 it will require to be covered with mats or dry litter in 

 severe weather, but in mild weather will be best un- 

 covered ; it may also be grown in pots, where the 

 plants will bloom well, and can be placed with the 

 other species in frames or pits in severe frosty weather ; 

 like the rest of the tribe, the present plant will succeed 

 well in a light sandy soil, or a mixture of turfy loam, 

 peat, and sand, will suit it very well. Cuttings strike 

 root freely, if planted under hand-glasses, the latter 

 end of Summer, or Autumn. 



