imbricate at the base, the points spreading, obovate or
obcordate, slightly crumpled, the margins slightly
curved upwards, white with a yellow spot at the base,
and tinged with red at the points. Stamens about 100,
spreading: filaments short, smooth, straw-coloured:
anthers 2-celled, attached near the base by their back
to the filaments : pollen orange-coloured. Germen sericeous.
Stigma very large, capitate, papillose, nearly
sessile, and hiding the style.
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, in June last; it is one of the hardiest
species of the genus, thriving well in the common garden
Soil, and in any situation where it is not too moist,
continuing to bloom for about two months, and each
day covered with a profusion of handsome white flowers,
whose margins are tinged with rose; the rose-coloured
buds are also very pretty, before the flowers expand:
plants grown in pots make very handsome snug bushes,
and have a lively appearance when in bloom; a mixture
of loam and peat suits it very well; and young
cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, root without
difficulty.
This species is a native of mountains in the south of
France and Spain, and is sold in the nurseries under
the name of C. populifolius minor, but is in reality much
nearer related to C. salvifolius than to that species;
the C. populifolius @ minor of Decandolle, which is the
C. populifolius of Cavanilles, is the G. populifolius
major of the Gardens, but is very different from C. populifolius
a major of Decandolle, a native of Mauritania,
of which we have a drawing taken from a plant
at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, the only
one that we have ever seen in a living state; but fine
specimens of it are preserved in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium
; it is certainly a very different species from
C. populifolius, and we believe no person would consider
them as belonging to the same that had an opportunity
of comparing them when growing together;
we therefore propose to name it C. latifolius.