but clothed with shortish hairs. Petals 5, white, imbricate
at the margins, broadly rounded, somewhat crumpled,
narrowing to the base, a little uneven at the margins,
marked with yellow at the base. Stamens numerous
: filaments smooth, slender, pale yellow: -pollen
orange-coloured. Style very slender, and curled round
at the base, thickening upwards, where it becomes club-
shaped. Stigma capitate, papillose.
We believe the present plant to be one of those that
has been confused with H.joolifolium by some Botanists,
as we have seen it by that name in several collections;
but it is a very different plant, readily distinguished by
its sharp pointed leaves, which are of a glossy green on
the upper side, and by its broad imbricated petals.
Our drawing was made from a plant growing in the
rock-work, in the garden belonging to the Apothecaries’
Company, at Chelsea, where it was raised by Mr. W.
Anderson, from seeds that he received from the Continent,
under the name of H. polifolium; it is quite hardy,
remaining all the Winter uninjured without any protection,
succeeding well in a light sandy soil; and young
cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, the latter end of
Summer or Autumn, strike root freely.