and margins a little reflexed : inner ones cordately 

 ovate, concave, terminated by a long subulate point. 

 Petals 5, imbricate, obcordate, crumpled, sides undu- 

 late and bent inwards, striate, rose-coloured, with a 

 yellow spot at the base. Stamens from 130 to 140, 

 rather more than half the length of the style : filaments 

 slender, smooth, bright yellow : pollen orange- coloured. 

 Germen 5-angled, the angles clothed with white silky 

 hairs, and smooth between. Style nearly double the 

 length of the stamens, smooth, flexuose. Stigma capi- 

 tate, slightly 5-furrowed, papillose. 



This fine species is a native of Teneriffe, and is there- 

 fore rather too tender to endure our severest winters in 

 the open ground without protection ; but it succeeds 

 well if protected by a common frame or pit in severe 

 frost ; it will also thrive very well against a wall, so as 

 to be covered with a mat in frosty weather, and a little 

 dry litter placed about its roots ; it is also a very proper 

 plant for a Greenhouse or Conservatory, where its 

 splendid flowers are seen to great advantage ; it suc- 

 ceeds well in any light rich soil, or a mixture of light 

 turfy loam, peat, and sand, will suit it very well ; 

 young cuttings strike root freely, taken off at a joint, 

 and planted under hand-glasses in autumn ; it also 

 ripens plenty of seeds, by which it is readily increased. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant, received from 

 the Nursery of Messrs. Malcolm and Gray, at Ken- 

 sington, last summer. 



