pedicles, villous, of a green colour. Pedicles densely ca-
nescent, nodding before flowering, erect when in flower,
and reflexed after flowering. Calyx of a yellow, glaucous
colour, minutely pubescent. Sepals 5, the 2 outer ones
very small, oblong, blunt, of a greener colour: innerones
ovate, concave, obtuse, membranaceous, strongly 4-ner-
ved, the nerves more or less hairy. Petals 5, large, much
imbricate, more or less crumpled, obcordate, of a bright
saffron-colour at the base, and the upper part of a glossy
yellow. Stamens 40 to 50: filaments long and slender,
straw-coloured: pollen bright yellow. Germen densely
tomentose. Style smooth, slender at the base and thickened
upwards, curved round at the bottom. Stigma capitate,
papillose.
Our drawing was made from an unusually strong
plant, growing in the rock-work of the garden belonging
to the Apothecaries’ Company, at Chelsea, where it
covered more than the space of a yard in diameter, and
made a grand appearance when covered with flowers.
It is a native of Barbary, and the South of Europe,
and is all the better for a slight covering in severe frosty
weather, though it will succeed well through amild Winter
without the least protection. We have seen specimens
of it in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, that were marked by
Dunal himself, so that we are certain of ours being his
species. It succeeds well in any lightsandy soil, and may
be grown in rock-work or in any tolerable dry situation,
where it will flower better than if kept in pots, though
it is well to preserve a few in pots, which can be kept
in frames or some place under cover in severe frosty
weather. Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses,
from July to September, will strike root readily.