lanceolate, acute, very hairy. Pedicles scarcely so long
as the longest leaves, densely clothed with short rough
bristle-like hairs, and short down intermixed. Calyx
of 3 sepals, that are ovate, concave, tapering to a long
slender point, clothed with numerous short rough brown
hairs, and short pubescence intermixed. Petals 5, distinctly
spreading, not at all imbricate, of a bright golden
yellow, very broad at the ends, but slightly retuse,
and crenulate, tapering very much to the base. Stamens
about 80, spreading: filaments unequal m length,
bright yellow : pollen golden yellow. Ovarium rough,
much punctated with small dots, clothed with a short
pubescence, but glossy. Style short, hid by the large
stigma. Stigma capitate, peltate, papillose.
Our drawing of the present species was made last
Summer from a plant sent to us by Mr. J. Miller^ from
their extensive and valuable collection at the_ Bristol
Nursery: and we have not met with it in any ot the collections
about London. It is a native of Portugal, and
requires the same treatment as H. formosum, to be
grown in a light sandy soil, and if planted m a sheltered
situation, or by the side of a, wall in a southern
aspect, it will stand through the Winter without being
injured; but should the Winter be very severe, it
would be requisite to cover it with a mat m the hardest
frost: or it may be grown in pots, which can be preserved
in frames through the Winter, to be only covered
up in frosty weather. Cuttings of it, planted under handglasses
in August, will strike root readily, but as soon
as rooted they will require to be hardened by degrees
to the air, or they will otherwise damp off..