yellow: anthers attached by their back to the filaments
: pollen bright yellow. Germen densely tomen-
tose. Style smooth, twisted at the base, a little longer
than the stamens. Stigma capitate, granularly fimbriate.
The present plant is nearly related to H. lineare, and
also to H. apenninum; from the former it differs in its
much whiter leaves, and in being more hairy ; and
from both by its imbricate paper-white petals ; it is a
very pretty plant for the adorning of rock-work, and
continues in flower a great part of the Summer ; it is
also pretty hardy, standing our milder Winters in the
open air without protection; but it is sometimes injured
in the more severe ones; so that it is the safest
way to have a few plants in pots, to be protected in
frames, or to be covered with mats in sharp frosty
weather. It succeeds well in any light sandy soil, or a
mixture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very well;
and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in
Autumn, strike root readily. Our drawing was made
from a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames,
and Milne, last Summer.