tubercles. Calyx of 5 sepals, thickly clothed with long
slender white hairs ; the two outer ones small, lanceolate,
acute; 3 inner ones ovate, taper-pointed, strongly
3-nerved, concave. Petals 5, slightly imbricate at the
base, yellow. Stamens 12 to 18. Germen three-sided,
smooth, the angles hairy. Style short, erect, very slender
at the base, and much thickened upwards. Stigma
headed, fimbriate. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded.
This pretty little annual plant is a native of Spain,
Italy, and other countries in the South of Europe. It
only requires to be sown in the open borders of the
Flower Garden, and to be kept free from weeds ; the
seeds should be sown in March, or the beginning of
April; the plants will then flower abundantly, and
ripen plenty of seeds.
Our drawing was made at the Apothecaries’ Company’s
Garden, at Chelsea, last Summer.
