Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ive of Portugal and Spain ; introduced in 1880. It is a very prettyspecies, noteworthy for the golden yellow of its flowers and the deeplycoloured blotch. It is hardy except in severe winters. It most resemblesH. alyssoidcs and H. halimifolium, but from the former diff*ers in the blotchedpetals, and smooth or nearly smooth sepals. It is never scaly, as inH. halimifolium, and the petal blotch is much deeper; both, however,have the same marked difference in colour between the young and old leaves. H. UMBELLATUM, Miller,(Sweets Cistineae, t. 5.) An e
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ive of Portugal and Spain ; introduced in 1880. It is a very prettyspecies, noteworthy for the golden yellow of its flowers and the deeplycoloured blotch. It is hardy except in severe winters. It most resemblesH. alyssoidcs and H. halimifolium, but from the former diff*ers in the blotchedpetals, and smooth or nearly smooth sepals. It is never scaly, as inH. halimifolium, and the petal blotch is much deeper; both, however,have the same marked difference in colour between the young and old leaves. H. UMBELLATUM, Miller,(Sweets Cistineae, t. 5.) An evergreen bush of erect, open habit, about 18 ins. high, with thegeneral aspect of a small rosemary ; young branches viscid and linear, viscid when young ; stalkless, \ to i] ins. long, ,\, to \ in. HELI ANTHEM r:M 615 wide ; dark glossy green above, white with down beneath. Racemes erect,4 to 6 ins. high, with the flowers arranged at intervals in whorls, andterminating in a six- or eight-flowered umbel at the top. p^lowers white,. HlCMANTHEMUM UHB&LLATtM. I in. across, the petals inversely heart-shaped, with a yellow stain near thebase. Sepals three, ovate, more or less hairy. Native of the Mediterranean region ; introduced in 1731. This is adistinct and very pretty shrub, more resembling a rosemary in foliage llianthe common run of sun roses. 616 IIEIJANTIIEMUM \ar. SVRIACUM, Willkomv} (H. syriaciim, Boissier), is a curious dwarf,semi-prostrate variety, rising only a few inches from the ground. Flowersusually two or three in an inflorescence, pale yellow or yellowish white. Nearly allied to H. umbellatum is H. LiHANOTis, Willdcno7v (H. rosmar-inifolium, Horf.)^ with very similar foliage, but its flowers are yellow, solitary,sometimes in pairs or in threes, at the end of short lateral twigs. Sepalssmooth. H. VINE ALE, Per soon. (Sweets Cistineae, t. 77 ; H, canum, Dtotal.) A dwarf shrub, forming a compact tuft rarely more than 6 ins. high, butI ft. or more in diame
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