5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted in the tube, about the
length of, or scarcely as long as the corolla: filaments
•very hairy : anthers incumbent. Style pale red, longer
than the stamens, densely hairy. Stigma bifid, the
points capitate.
Our drawing of this very handsome annual plant,
was taken at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in August
la s t; it had been raised from seed received from Germany,
under the name that we have adopted. It is a
native of the South of Europe, and succeeds well, sown
in a ivarm border in the open ground, in rather a
dryish situation, where it will ripen its seeds; in rich
soil it will attain the height of 18 inches, in poorer soil
it will be considerably less, but the branches spread
round in all directions, so that the plants should not
be too close together; the best time for sowing the
seeds is the latter end of March, or beginning of April,
according to the mildness of the season; if the plants
come up too close together, some of them might be
transplanted, hut this should be done in moist weather.
1. Calyx. 2. Corolla spread open, to show the insertion o f the Stamens
S. stam en detach ed , to show the hairy Filament. 4. Tlie 4 naked Seeds te r’-
mmated with the hairy Style an d forked Stigma. '