coverings have fallen away, often producing young plants, —proli- 
ferous. Sepals and petals undistinguishable, or, in other words, 
the former gradually pass into the latter. In bud the flower is 
red, when fully expanded the ground-colour is sulphur-yellow, 
streaked with red and rose-colour in the centre: the petals are 
obovate, and the spread of the flower about two inches. Stamens 
not numerous, yellow. Rays of the stigma five or six, yellow- 
green. W. J. H. 
Cur. This slender straggling species grows and flowers freely 
if potted in light loam and leaf-mould, and placed under the 
full influence of the sun in summer. It should be frequently 
syringed in the mornings or evenings, during hot dry weather, 
but care must be taken that all superabundant water passes off 
freely, and that the soil does not remain long in a saturated 
state. In winter water must be given very sparingly, and the 
temperature of the house during the night need not at any 
time exceed 55°. It readily increases either by cuttings or by 
seeds, as also by gemme produced on each areole of the fruit, 
which ultimately form separate and distinct plants. /. 8. 
