obovate or obcordate, with a yellow spot at the base of
each. Stamens about 100, spreading round : filaments
smooth and yellow, unequal in length ; anthers yellow.
Germen pubescent. Style very short. Stigma large, capitate,
5-furrowed, papillose, covering the style. Capsule
oblong, pubescent, 5-celled. Seeds conical, brown
and glossy, about the size of rape seed.
We do not find any description that agrees with the
present plant, which may probably be a garden production;
if so, it is probably intermediate between
C. laxus and C. oblongifolius, or perhaps the latter with
C. Cupanianus; from the two first it differs in the broad
base of its leaves, which brings it nearer to the latter ;
the habit of the plant, and its mode of flowering, is
nearest to C. oblongifolius : it forms a handsome, strong,
upright, evergreen shrub, and is quite hardy, producing
its flowers all the Summer, and till late in Autumn,
when planted in the open ground, thriving well
in a rich light soil ; and young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses in August, strike root freely ; it may also
be raised from seeds.
Our drawing was made last Summer from a plant at
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King’s-road, Chelsea.