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composed of3, semicylindrical, blunt,revolute, denselypapil-
lose, greenish yellow lobes. Ovarium turbinate, 3-celIed, irregularly
angular, the angles hispid. Dish flat, yellow, fleshy,
viscid. Ovula numerous, compressed.
Not surpassed in beauty by C. Medium, which it resembles
in habit, and by several botanists it has even been regarded
as the normal state of that species. It occurs wild in
Hungary, Transylvania, the Bannat of Temeswar, and also
in Siberia. It was first taken up by Willdenow in his enumeration
of the plants cultivated in the Royal Gardens at
Berlin, and is principally distinguished from C. sibirica by
its more branching habit, less wavy leaves, and larger flowers.
Our drawing was taken from a very fine specimen which
blossomed in Mrs. Marryat’s collection in the beginning of
June, and which could not have borne less than from 50 to 60
flowers. The plant delights in a light gravelly, or chalky
soil, and produces its seeds abundantly. It occurs frequently
in gardens under the name of pulcherrima, but whether it is
identical with the plant so called by Schrank we are uncertain.
D. Don.
I . Stamens and P istil. 2 . Stamen separate.