5 sepals, the 2 outer ones very small, lanceolate, concave,
ciliate and tipped with bristle like hairs : 3 inner
ones ovate, concave, strongly 4-nerved, with membranaceous
margins, the nerves warted with brown warts,
and villosely hairy. Petals 5, imbricate, broadly obo-
vate, the edges undulate and slightly crenulate, of a
light yellow, with a saffron coloured crescent shaped
mark near the base. Stamens about 40, rather shorter
than the style; filaments slender, smooth, pale yellow.
Germen silky. Style twisted at the base, oblique, slender
at the base, and thickened upwards. Stigma capitate,
papillosely fimbriate.
Our drawing of this plant was taken from one obligingly
communicated to us by Mr. Anderson, from the
Chelsea Botanic Garden, last September, when it was
in full bloom for the second time that Summer, the dry
weather setting in at the season that they were in bloom
the first time, which made the blossoms soon drop, and
when the wet set in, they produced fresh blooming
shoots; and many of the species were flowering again
in Autumn as fine as in the Spring. Mr. Anderson
had received this species under the name of H. stacha-
difolium, which, as M. Decandolle remarks, is the garden
name for i t ; he also had it from Mr. Webb, under
the name of H. Barrelieri, under which name it is
figured in,the Botanical Magazine, on Mr. Webb’s authority
; but it is very different from H. Barrelieri of
Decandolle and Tenore; that species belongs to quite
a different section: we showed our drawing to M. La-
gasca, who immediately recognized it as his H .angusti-
folium, which is the synonym given by M. Decandolle.
It is a native of Spain and the South of Europe, and
succeeds well on rock-work, in a sheltered situation;
or it will thrive well in pots, in an equal mixture of
sandy loam and peat; cuttings foot readily planted
under hand-glasses in Autumn; it may also be raised
from seeds, which are sometimes ripened.