indescribable colour; decidedly a gem in its way, and perfectly 
hardy.” It grows from four to eight inches high, in a stiff loam, 
at an elevation of six thousand to seven thousand feet above 
the sea, at Chellan, in South Chili. Like all the tribe, the 
individual flowers are of an evanescent character, but it blooms 
so very profusely, that this is of comparatively minor import¬ 
ance. Our artist has represented two distinct tints of colour in 
the blooms, one lighter than the other, doubtless the result of 
age. It will be very easily propagated by either cuttings or 
divisions of the roots, and will therefore probably ere long find 
its way into general cultivation. 
