points. Stamens about 40, spreading. Ovarium triangular,
with thick margins, pubescent. Style twisted
round. Stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, with two or
three seeds in each cell.
A pretty trailing dwarf suffrutescent plant, the branches
very slender, and extending to a good distance
round, so that it is very desirable for ornamenting
rock-work, as it is covered with flowers a great part of
the Summer; after flowering, a great part of its leaves
become quite white and silvery on both sides ; and we
are not acquainted with any species that varies so much
in the colour of its leaves at various seasons. According
to Decandolle, it is a native of Germany, Switzerland,
France, and Spain, so that it is quite hardy, or
only want" the least protection in severe frost, thriving
well in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat, or any
other light sandy soil, succeeding best in rock-work,
or to be grown in small pots ; for if planted in the open
ground, it will be liable to suffer with too much moisture
in Winter. Cuttings root readily, planted under
hand-glasses, or it may be raised from seeds, which
ripen plentifully.
Our drawing was made from plants, in the Garden
belonging to the Apothecaries’ Company, at Chelsea,
where they were raised by Mr. Anderson from seeds
received from Germany.