ing, more than double the length of the calyx, the margins
finely serrated, of a pale yellow, with a dark purple
spot near the base. Stamens from 20 to 25, spreading ;
filaments unequal in length, smooth, pale yellow : pollen
yellow. Germen smooth and glossy. Style short,
erect, hid by the large capitate papillose white Stigma.
This pretty annual plant is grown in many of the
collections about London as H. guttatum, which seems
to be a much scarcer plant; that ours is the true H.
eriocaulon of Decandolle’s Prodromus, we have satisfied
ourselves by examining the specimens referred to
by him in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, where spécimens
of both species are preserved ; and they are certainly
very different, although Professor Sprengel has again
united them, most probably without seeing either. M.
Lagasca, who saw our drawing, immediately recognised
it as the H. eriocaulon, before we examined the specimens
: it is a native of Spain and the South of Europe,
and only requires to be sown in the open ground like
any other hardy annual, where it will flower and ripen
abundance of seeds. Plants of it are now in full bloom
in our garden, from seeds sown in May last. Anÿ person
who wishes to preserve specimens of this plant,
should gather them in the morning as soon as they open ;
for if left until the anthers burst, which they very soon
do, the stigma immediately becomes fertilized, and
the petals will not then remain on. Gur drawing was
made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, last Summer.