with a dark spot in the centre of each : upper ones ob- 
cordate; lower ones narrower. Filaments 10, united 
at the base, six only bearing anthers : at the back is a 
large spatula-shaped sterile filament, as in the plants of 
this section. Style smooth, purple. Stigmas 5, re- 
flexed. 
This beautiful species, which there can be no doubt 
but it really is, was raised from seed received from the 
^ape, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, at the same time 
as P. echinatum. Although it has been in the collections 
about London so many years, it is still very little 
known, and continues scarce, chiefly owing, we believe, 
to the want of a figure to show it in perfection. The 
one published by Mr. Andrews being very poor and 
imperfect, we think it will now become a popular plant. 
It requires the same kind of management as P. echina- 
tum, from which it differs in many respects, being a 
much stronger and upright plant, and its spines are 
longer and straight, not recurved, as in P. echina- 
tum; its leaves are also more lobed, and the flowers of 
a very different colour. 
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant covered 
with flowers in May last, in the collection of the Earl of 
Liverpool, at Coombe Wood. The best soil to grow it in 
is an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, 
watering it very sparingly in winter. Cuttings root 
freely, if taken off" when the plant is in a growing state. 
It may also be increased by the tubers from its roots. 
