rous, about 100, spreading, far overtopping the stigma:
filaments smooth, yellow. Germen densely villous.
St fie very short, scarcely any. Stigma very large, capitate,
rugged.
The present plant, if allowed, will form a strong
handsome evergreen shrub, if planted in the open border,
and appears to be quite hardy, a plant of it having
stood in our garden in the open border for the two last
Winters, without a single leaf being injured. It appears
to be a very distinct species, but we cannot find
any description agree with it in any of the books that
we have examined, though we know of no species with
which it can be confounded ; we were at first inclined
to believe it to be C. longifolius of Lamarck, but it has
certainly but little affinity with that species, which we
believe to be not at all different from C. laxus. Being
so hardy, it is well worth cultivating in every Shrubbery,
where it will flower the greater part of the Summer.
Cuttings of it strike root readily, planted under
hand-glasses, in August or September, or it may be
raised from seeds, which ripen plentifully.
Our drawing was made from strong plants in the
Nursery of Mr. Colvill, of the King’s-road, Chelsea.