the two outer sepals very small, spreading, and of a
greener colour: inner ones ovate, concave, veined, hoary.
Petals 5, of a pale yellow, obovately ovate, rounded at
the end. Stamens numerous, of various lengths, spreading
: filaments straw-coloured: pollen golden yellow.
Germen tomentose. Style bent a little at the base, shorter
than the stamens. Stigma capitate.
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this pretty
species, we are obliged to Robert Barclay, Esq. from
whose collection, at Bury Hill, fine specimens, in full
flower, were sent us in August last; this is the only
collection in which we have seen it for some time ; for
being a native of the South of Europe, it is very liable to
be killed in severe W inters, if it be not a little protected ;
a common garden pot, placed over the plant, or the covering
of a mat, or a little dry litter, in severe frost, will
protect it very well, giving it free access to the air in
mild weather, that it may not be drawn up tender; a
mixture of light sandy loam and peat suits it very well;
and a few plants should be kept in pots, to be preserved
in frames, or in the greenhouse in Winter; they can
then be turned out, and planted in the borders, or in
rock-work, in Spring; a few plants of each sort might
also be kept continually in pots, as nothing can make
a more brilliant and neat appearance, than a collection
of the different sorts grown in pots, and standing together
in a close mass ; the branches, as they spread over
the pots, and are all covered with bloom, make a verv
splendid appearance; and although the flowers drop
every evening, they are succeeded by others for a length
of time; and if cut off as soon as overblown, the young
shoots that spring forth will be again covered with bloom,
which will continue till late in Autumn; young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses, in Spring or Autumn, will
soon strike root; young plants may also be raised from
seeds.