plant thus raised, presented to the Royal Gardens of Kew by 
Mr. Cameron, soon produced its lovely blossoms. 
Descr. Judging from my native specimens, it would 
seem to constitute a rather tall shrub when arrived at ma- 
turity, the young flowering shoots green and succulent. 
Leaves petiolate, heart-shaped, deeply five-lobed, the sinus- 
es very obtuse, the lobes acute, coarsely serrated, narrowed 
at the base, thus making the sinuses very broad as well 
as obtuse. Peduncles axillary, solitary, single-flowered, 
about as long as the petioles, thickened upwards. Calyx 
large, somewhat inflated, deeply five-lobed, the lobes acu- 
minate, five-ribbed, reticulated between the ribs, jointed on 
the top of the peduncle. Jnvolucel scarcely any, reduced to 
about nine small, subulate, spreading leaflets. Corolla 
spreading, of five large, obliquely cuneate petals, truncated 
at the apex, with one angle obtuse, the other acute, veined 
and waved, of a cream-colour tinged with rather deep rose, 
and a rich purple spot just above the short claw. Staminal 
tube very long, cylindrical, red-purple, longer than the 
Free portion of the filaments spreading, white, as 
well as the anthers. Branches of the style five, exserted 
beyond the staminal tube, curved, red, and bearing each a 
red, capitate stigma. Ovaries five, combined into one, of a 
narrow ovate form, and thickly downy. 
Fig. 1. Involucre and Ovary. 
