Hum pubescent. Style short, twisted. Stigma very
large, capitate, fimbriate.
From Sprengel’s description, we believe the present
to be the plant he intends for H. alpestre, but certainly
not the one described by Decandolle, which we have
already published, and the leaves of which are green on
both sides; the present is a stiffer shorter plant, with
much stiffer and rounder leaves, which are of a snowy
whiteness on the lower side. It is certainly a very
pretty plant when covered with its numerous flowers,
and is a very proper subject for adorning rock-work,
or for growing in a small p o t; it is quite hardy, as we
see several nice plants of it thriving well in Mr. Col-
vill’s Nursery at Roehampton, that had stood two years
in the open border without any protection. It succeeds
well in a light sandy soil, or an equal mixture of light
sandy loam and peat will suit it very w e ll; young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses, in Autumn, strike
root readily.
Our drawing was made last Summer, from a plant
in the collection of Mr. Colvill, at his Nursery in the
King’s-road, Chelsea.