late, taper-pointed, broad at the base, caducous. Peduncles
nodding, less pubescent than the branches. Perianthium
6-parted, nearly to the base, inflated in the middle,
slightly pubescent outside, the leaflets elliptically lanceolate,
acute, the three inner ones broadest, the points generally
curved inwards. Stamens 6, inserted;, in the base of
the perianthium : filaments densely clothed with long pellucid
fleshy hairs, scarcely as long as the Ovarium, thickening
at the points when the anthers burst; anthers sagittate.
Ovarium 6-furrowed, smooth. Stigma three-sided,
deeply three-furrowed, 3-parted about half way down, the
points two-lobed or emarginate.
Our drawing of this plant was made from fine specimens
kindly communicated to us last Summer, by Mr. J. Miller,
of the Bristol Nursery, who believes he received it from
North America. Mr. Haworth, on our showing it him,
immediately pronounced it as a new species, and he has
since published it in the Philosophical Magazine and
Annals, under the name that we have adopted: it is nearest
related to Y .fia cd d a and Y. glaucescens, particularly to
the former, which has also pubescent flower-stems, but
differs from the present by its flaccid leaves, that are all
bending downwards from about the middle, which has occasioned
it to be confounded with Y. recurvifolia in most
of our collections, but that is a very different and much
scarcer plant, of strong growth, with green leaves, and not
filamentose at the margins, or very rarely so.
The present plant thrives well in the open borders in
the common garden soil, and makes a fine appearance
when in bloom; it is increased by the suckers from the
root.
1. The 6 Stamens, showing the hairy filaments. 2. The Ovarium. 3. Stigma,
three-furrowed and three-parted about half way down, the points emarginate.