ones ovate, membranaceous, concave, acute, strongly
3-nerved, the nerves very prominent, and clothed with
bunches of long hairs which are seated on little tubercles
; between the nerves smooth and glossy. Petals 5,
distinctly spreading, of a cream-coloured white, pale
yellow near the base, obovately wedge-shaped, very
slender at the base, slightly crenulate at the ends. Stamens
about 80: filaments long, smooth, bright yellow :
pollen yellow. Germen densely tomentose. Style smooth,
a little bent and slender at the base, thickening upwards,
about the length of the stamens. Stigma large,
capitate, papillose.
Our drawing of the present strong growing and large
flowered species, was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. J. Lee, at Hammersmith, where it was cultivated
in pots, and also in the open ground; it is of
rather a loose straggling growth, producing long shoots
that spread out on the ground, but its flowers are very
large and showy ; it is also quite hardy; and the best
situation for it is rock-work, where it will grow more
compact, by being in a dry exposed situation, than it
will if planted in rich soil in the flower-borders: young
cuttings of it strike root readily if planted under handglasses,
anytime from July to the end of September;
it is nearer related to H. mutabile than to any other
species.
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