flowers. Leaves smooth and glossy, of a pale green,
lose at the root on a long footstalk, pedate, spreading;
stalk ones sessile, or with a very short flat footstalk,
pa,lmately parted: segments lanceolate acute, the
middle one longest, all very sharply and sometimes
doubly serrated, entire at the base. Peduncles flattish,
nodding, thickened upwards. Flowers of a bright
green, spreading open. Sepals 5, obovate, with
rounded points. Petals 8 to 10, short, erect, tubular,
ot a yellowish green, with broad emarginate or forked
points, narrow and nectariferous at the base. Stamens
numerous : filarnents unequal in length, more or less
spreading, flattish, of a pale yellowish green : anthers
ovate, slightly emarginate, two-celled: pollen white.
Carpella 3 to 5, each terminated by a smooth, channelled,
recurved Style and small orbicular Stigma.
Our drawing of this curious and pretty species was
made at the Apothecaries’ Company’s Garden, the
beginning of March, when it was in full bloom in the
open ground; it is a native of Hungary, and has been
introduced to this country within a few years; its being
so early a bloomer makes it a very desirable plant,
although its flowers are not so showy as some others,
yet their singularity and early flowering make up for
that deficiency It only attains a few inches in height,
so that It should be planted near the front of the flower
borders. It succeeds well in the common garden soil,
anff will thrive in a shady situation, or amongst bushes
where many other p lp t s would not survive. The only
way of increasing it is by dividing at the root, or by
seeds which are sometimes ripened; those should be
sown as soon as gathered ; the young plants will then
come up, and be attaining strength before the Winter
sets in.
----- c-Lwio. ‘i. cjimuens
by a Style, and small c a p itate Stigma.