imbricate at the base, a little twisted and recurved, rather
longer than the tube, of a bright straw colour. Crown of
the same colour as the segments, truncate, more or less wavy,
entire, nearly 3 times shorter than the segments. Stamens 6,
three inserted in the mouth of the tube, and about half the
length of the crown; the other 3 inserted lower down in the
tube, and scarcely reaching beyond the mouth: jilaments
short and smooth: anthers incumbent. Style smooth, exserted
at some distance beyond tbe crown. Stigma small,
3-lobed.
The drawing was taken from the rich Garden of the Horticultural
Society at Chiswick, a few years ago. Probably,
a native of the Pyrenees; thrives in light loam, and a warm
situation, or near a wall; and is propagated by offsets, but
is at present very rare, and flowers late in April.
1. Flower spread open, to show the insertion o f the stamens. 2 . A detached anther,
with the upper part o f its filament, which is not attached to the tube o f the corolla, although
its under part is, as appears by the visible lin e which it forms. 3. The Germen,
with its attached sty le , ending in its small pale trilobulately rounded stignia, all magnified.