dark veins. Filaments 10, connected at the base, seven 
bearing anthers, which are always sterile. Style purple, 
slightly hairy at the base and smooth upwards. Stig- 
mas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This very fine strong-growing plant is of bybrid 
origin, and was raised, in 1822, at the Nursery of Mr. 
Colvill, from a seed of V.fulgidum that had been ferti- 
lized by P. Husseyanum. It is as near as possible in- 
termediate, possessing the strong growth and large 
leaves of the latter parent, with the succulent substance 
of the former ; and its flowers in size and colour par- 
take of both. It certainly makes a very pleasing va- 
riety, as it is so distinct from most others ; and its line 
dark flowers, mixed with scarlet, gives it a brilliant 
appearance: those are produced in abundance all the 
summer and till late in autumn. The best sod for it is 
a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand ; and being ot 
a succulent habit, it requires but little water in winter. 
Cuttings root freely, planted in pots in the same sort 
of soil, and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
