succeed in the open air, especially in the summer months, 
and its gaily-painted flowers render it highly worthy ofa 
place in every Collection. It flowers during various months 
of the year, and is easily cultivated and propagated. 
Descr. Asmall shrub, with herbaceous, green, rounded, 
glabrous, straight branches. Leaves on long, slender peti- 
oles, glabrous, cordate, from three to five-lobed, the lobes 
acuminated, serrated with coarse teeth. Stipules subulate, 
caducous, one on each side of the petiole. Peduncles axil- 
lary, solitary, more elongated, and slenderer than the peti- 
oles, often as long as the leaves, one-flowered, glabrous. 
Flowers large, handsome. Calyx somewhat campanulate, 
obtuse, and even truncate, and slightly ventricose at the 
base, downy, cut about half-way down into five equal, 
erect, acute, triangular segments. Petals erect, or but 
slightly spreading, concave, obovate, with a short claw, 
orange colour, beautifully marked with blood-coloured, 
branching veins. Staminal tube long : Anthers numerous, 
yellow. Ovary obtuse, hairy. Style purple upwards, fili- 
form, dividing into five branches, each with a capitate 
stigma. 
Fig.1. Petal. 2. Pistil:—magnified. 
