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cence, and sometimes with a few spreading hairs;
sepals taper-pointed, outer ones small, subulate, often
wanting. Petals 5, Very broad, obcordate, slightly
emarginate, imbricate, of a bright yellow, slightly
spotted at the base. Stamens numerous. Style
scarcely any. Stigma large, capitate, slightly lobed.
Capsule villous, 3-valved. Seeds about 15 in each
capsule, angular, light brown, warted.
Several different species appear to have been confused
with the present, which is certainly the plant de-
cribed in the Hortus Kewensis, and also the one meant
by Linnaeus, who refers to Miller’s figure, which is a good
representation of our plant; the spots on the petals are
larger and darker than in ours, but we havé seen them
vary considerably on different plants. We are not so
certain of the plant described by M. Decandolle being
the same, the peduncles and calyx being described as
white and leprous, which Was not the case with ours.
It is without doubt the H. elongatum of Willdenow’s
Enumeratio, but it cannot be the H. cheiranthoides of
Decandolle, who gives the Cistus elongatus of Vahl,
as a synonym with a mark of doubt. It is a native of
the South of Europe, and requires protection from
severe frost, either in a green-house or frame; the
same kind of treatment as is recommended for Cistus
ladaniferus and C. candidissimus will suit the present
plant. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses on a
slight hot-bed, will strike root freely. It may also be
raised from seeds, which sometimes ripen.
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King’s Road,
Chelsea, last summer.