green ; all are hairy. Petals longer than the calyx, obcor- 
date, large and showy, and of that brilliant deep bright 
blood-red colour which no pencil can imitate and no words 
describe. Stamens twenty, placed with great regularity, 
three at the base of each inner calycine segment, and one 
at the base of each petal: Filament purple: Anther black; 
pollen bright yellow. Germens fifteen to twenty, yellowish. 
Styles long, filiform, purple. 
This charming plant, which, in the brilliancy of its 
blossoms far exceeds those of P. nepalensis of the Exotic 
Flora, was noticed, under the description of that species, 
as existing in Mr. Lamegert’s Herbarium. About the same 
period, it was published by Mr. Loppiess, in his Botanical 
Cabinet, under the name here adopted. 
Our gardens are indebted for the seeds of this plant to 
the excellent Dr. Watticn. It should be protected in 
the winter under a common frame: but it blossoms freely in 
the summer months in the open air, and will, probably, 
eventually prove quite hardy in our climate :—and, cer- 
tainly, a more truly ornamental plant can scarcely be con- 
ceived. Like the P. nepalensis, this is also a native of 
Nepal, being found, as stated by Mr. Don, at Gosaingthan. 
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Fig. 1. Stamens. 2. A pistil,—magnified. 
