crumpled, roundly obcordate, white with a small yel- 

 low spot at the base, and tinged round with a sulphur 

 colour. Stamens from 60 to 70, about the length of the 

 style ; filaments slender, yellow : pollen yellow. Ger- 

 men clothed with a close-pressed pubescence. Style 

 curved, smooth, thickening upwards. Stigma capi- 

 tate, tuberculate. 



Our drawing of this species was taken from a fine 

 strong plant growing in the rock- work of the Garden 

 belonging to the Apothecaries' Company at Chelsea, in 

 June last : it is very hardy, as it stood the last Winter 

 quite well, without the least protection ; it is readily 

 distinguished from all those to which it is nearest re- 

 lated, by its white blunt leaves, and its very much im- 

 bricated thin flaccid petals; we do not know any one 

 with which it can be confounded, but is nearer related 

 to H. apenninum than any other. Its flowers are not 

 so showy as some of the other species ; but they never- 

 theless make a pleasing variety ; and in a large piece 

 of rock- work, where a great many species are planted, 

 we think the beauty depends very much on the different 

 sorts of colours being properly mixed ; and we often 

 see too many plants of a fine thing grown together, 

 which very much diminishes both its beauty and rarity, 

 particularly when there are not some less beautiful to 

 compare with it. 



The present plant will grow freely in any common 

 garden soil, and will thrive in any situation that is 

 not too moist ; it may also be grown in a pot, in a light 

 sandy soil, and will need no protection in Winter. 

 Cuttings planted underhand-glasses in Autumn, strike 

 root readily. 



