their base; anthers oblique, 2-celled, opening by the
sides. P o d cylindrical, tomentose, terminated by an
acute stigma.
This pretty plant is a hardy biennial, or by sowing
the seeds early in Spring it might be treated as an
annual; the best method is to sow the seeds in
Autumn, the plants will then get strong, and flower
early in Summer, and ripen plenty of seeds; when
sown in Spring, they will not flower till the Autumn;
and if the Summer should prove cold or wet, they will
scarcely ripen their seeds at all.
Our drawing was taken from some plants at the
Nursery of Mr. Colvill, where they were raised from
seeds sown in the month of March; these began
flowering in September, and continued in full bloom
till the end of November, but the weather being
generally wet at that season, they ripened no seeds.
1. Calyx. 2. Petal, showing its long slender unguis. 3. Stamens, 4 lo-ng,
and 2 short, with the siliqua growing up through the middle of them. 4. Stamen
detached, magnified. 5. Siliqua, terminated with its acute stigma.
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