although cultivated many years ago in the Royal Gardens at 

 Madrid, it had never found its way to our collections until 

 introduced from its native country by Mr. Lambert in 1826. 

 It has hitherto been treated as a hothouse plant, for it is apt 

 to suffer from the damp of a greenhouse in winter, other- 

 wise it appears to endure a considerable degree of cold. 



It is rather a coarse-looking 



but its many 



gant scarlet blossoms compensate for its less graceful habit. 



For the foregoing account we are obliged to Mr. Don 

 Our specimens were received in September 1832. 



J. L. 



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