emarginate at the apex ; lobes and sinus acute. Style
elongated beyond the lobes. Stigma slightly capitate.
The present little plant is well adapted for the ornamenting
of rock-work, or for planting at the front of
flower-borders. It was raised at the Nursery of
Mr. Colvill, ill 1822, from seeds received from the
Continent; and several plants flowered the following
May, but not so fine as they did this Summer, when
they had acquired more strength; some of them
bloomed again in Autumn, but not so strong as the
Spring flowers; they appear to the greatest advantage
before they are all expanded, as the red calyx of the
unopened flowers, mixed with the white blossoms,
gives it a pretty variegated appearance.
When grown in small pots, and protected in a frame,
in severe weather, it will bloom much earlier in Spring,
but it will not bear much artificial forcing, as it draws
up very weak if kept too warm ; it succeeds well in any
rich light earth, or if planted in pots, a mixture of
sandy loam and peat will suit it very well. Cuttings
taken off in the young wood in Spring, and planted
under hand-glasses, will strike root readily; it may
also be raised from seeds, which are sometimes produced.
1. Calyx. 2. One of the large Petals. 3. One of the smaller ditto. 4. The
6 Stamens, 2 shorter than the others. 5. Silicle, or Pod, in a young state.
6. The same in a more advanced state, terminated by the Style and Stigma.