concave inwards, bluntish, with membranaceous inner 

 margins, striated with dark green veins, somewhat 

 hairy but glossy. Petals 5, more or less imbricate, or 

 somewhat distinct, rounded but uneven at the margins. 

 Stamens numerous, spreading, unequal in length : jila- 

 ments pale yellow : pollen golden yellow. Style about 

 the length of the stamens, curled round at the base, 

 slender below and thickening upwards. Stigma capi- 

 tate, papillose. 



The present plant is the one generally cultivated in 

 the Nurseries as H. polifolium, and we believe the 

 plant intended by most of the continental botanists, 

 judging from their descriptions ; but it has certainly 

 nothing to do with the the English plant, though it is 

 not very unlike the figure in English Botany, the leaves 

 of which are coloured much too green, if it really was 

 taken from a native specimen, as there asserted ; the 

 present is a common plant in the Nurseries about Lon- 

 don, and is well suited for the ornamenting of rock- 

 work, as it is quite hardy, thriving well in a light 

 sandy soil ; and young cuttings, planted under hand- 

 glasses in Spring and Autumn, strike root readily. 



Our drawing was made, several years ago, at the 

 Nursery of Mr. Colvill ; but we deferred publishing it, 

 till we should have an opportunity of comparing it with 

 the wild English species. We showed our drawing to 

 Mr. Lagasca some time since, who immediately pro- 

 nounced it to be the Spanish H. polifolium. 



