petals, distinctly spreading, obovate, generally crenu- 

 late at the margins. Stamens numerous, unequal in 

 length : filaments smooth, yellow : pollen orange-co- 

 loured. Germen clothed with a dense tomentum. Style 

 smooth, slender, and bent near the bottom, thickening 

 upwards. Stigma capitate, papillose. 



The present pretty species is a native of various parts 

 of Devonshire and Somersetshire, but it is certainly 

 not the H. polifolium of the continental Botanists, as 

 they describe its leaves with a green and glossy upper 

 side, and the calyx as smooth and glossy ; our plant is 

 altogether hoary all over, and the calyx densely clo- 

 thed with a short, close, white tomentum ; that it is the 

 original plant of Dillenius, there can be no doubt, as 

 we have specimens from the same place as he obtained 

 those from which his figure was made ; we received 

 our's from Mr. W. Christy, Junior, of Clapham-road, 

 who gathered them himself on Brent-down, in Somer- 

 setshire, and kindly sent them to us ; we are also much 

 obliged to Mr. Thomas Clark, Junior, of Bridgewater, 

 who was so kind as to send us seeds from the same 

 place, which were raised at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, but 

 by some means got lost, before they flowered. 



Our drawing was made from a plant in the garden 

 of Mr. Capper, at Clapton, that had been received 

 from Babbicombe, near Newton Abbott; we have 

 compared the specimens with the Brent-down ones, 

 and there is not the slightest difference in them. It is 

 also abundant on Tor Hill, near Torquay, as we have 

 been informed by Miss Southcote, an intelligent bo- 

 tanical lady of that place. 



The plant that we believe to be H. polifolium of the 

 continental Botanists, we possess a drawing of; it 

 agrees precisely with their descriptions, and we intend 

 to publish it in our next Number. 



The present species is quite hardy, and well adapted 

 for rock- work ; it thrives well in a light sandy soil; 

 and cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, root readily. 

 The figure in English Botany is not good, nor well 

 coloured ; the leaves are much too green. 



