one inch and a half and more long, rich scarlet, funnel-sha ped ; 
the ¢ube a little curved upwards, narrow at the base, inflated 
above the middle; the /imd rather oblique, of five spreading, ovate, 
obtuse lobes, the mouth streaked with dark yellow. Stamens 
and style exserted. Authers short, apiculate. Ovary seated on 
a large fleshy disk. Stigma bifid. WV. J. H. 
Cutt. Ever since Mr. Purdie sent us the seeds and description 
of this beautiful plant, we have been very desirous to see it 
brought into cultivation ; and in order to give it the chance of 
different modes of treatment, seeds were distributed ; but the 
raising of them has not been attended with the success we 
could have wished, only a few plants having been obtained. In 
its young state it appears to be rather delicate; but from our 
little experience we have yet to learn what kind of treatment 
it should receive. A knowledge of the nature of its primitive 
habitat may in some degree assist us: we learn from Mr. Purdie 
that it is a suffruticose shrub, forming a bush five to seven fect 
high and two to three feet in diameter, growing at an elevation 
of between 7000 to 8000 feet on shelly limestone rocks, 
which are covered with a thin stratum of peaty soil of a dry 
nature. The climate he states to be moist and temperate, 
the heat never being excessive, sometimes the thermometer 
falling to 40°, when ice is formed, the sensation of cold 
18 very great, and the vapour in suspension in the atmosphere 
gives to the light of the sun a peculiar and rather unpleasant 
glare. Such being the circumstances under which it grows, we 
therefore infer that it should be kept in a close greenhouse, 
potting it in loose peat soil, well drained, and it may possibly 
derive benefit by mixing with the mould thin pieces of 
limestone, which may also be employed for drainage. The 
beauty of this plant, as described by Mr. Purdie, renders any 
experiment for its cultivation worthy of trial, but it must be 
borne in mind that one drawback will always attend our experi- 
ments :—we cannot place it in an atmosphere of the tenuity and 
lightness which it enjoys at an elevation of 7000 to 8000 feet, 
and in our opinion the difference of weight of the atmosphere at 
different heights is the cause of the ill success attending the 
cultivation of many mountain plants. J. 8, 
Fig. 1. Pistil —magnified. 
