white, silky hairs. Stigmas yellowish green, copiously papillose,
recurved, blunt, convex above, and marked along the
middle with a very narrow furrow. Torus elevated, hairy.
Flowering specimens of this highly ornamental plant were
obligingly communicated to us, in May last, by Lady Sarah
Amherst, from Montreal, Kent, the seat of her noble father.
The species was originally collected by Dr. Francis Hamilton,
at Chitlong, in the Valley of Nepal, flowering in
April, and it appears to be a pretty general plant on the
mountains, at an elevation of, from 5000 to 7000 feet above
the level of the sea, as our learned friend Mr. Boyle informs
us in his valuable illustrations of the Botany of the “ Himalayan
Mountains,” a work which may be consulted with much
advantage by the botanist, and still more by the general
reader who desires to make himself acquainted with the
natural productions of those regions of which it treats.
The plant proves to be quite hardy, and seems to flourish
as well in the climate of England, as on its native mountains.
It loves a loamy soil, and is readily multiplied by
layers. The generic name will be found explained at fol.
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