spatulate one, which makes it belong to the same section 
as P. sanguineum. Style flesh coloured, pubescent near 
the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, pale red, 
reflexed. 
A very curious hybrid production, raised at the Nursery 
of Mr. Colvill in 1823, from a seed of P. sanguineum 
that had been fertilized by the pollen of Hoarea undulce- 
flora ; its habit is nearer the latter parent, but its smooth- 
ness and the colour of its flowers are more like the former : 
nothing, we imagine, can surpass them in brilliancy when 
in full bloom ; those are produced in succession from May 
to September, and sometimes later. Before the present 
plant flowered, we could scarcely believe that the number 
stick was right in the pot, it was so very different from its 
parent, but we are now convinced that it was quite correct. 
We have also seen another plant in flower, raised from 
seed collected at the same time, and from the same plant, 
that is still more singular ; the petals are very narrow, and 
nearly black, with scarlet margins, and the habit of the 
plant is exactly that of Hoarea, but it still belongs to this 
section. Some other very curious plants, that were raised 
at the same time from seeds collected from the same parent, 
and have not yet flowered, are very singular ; one in parti- 
cular, has a leaf very like P. echinatum, and a succulent 
stem resembling P. cortustefolium. 
The present subject succeeds well in an equal mixture 
of turfy loam, peat, and sand, as already recommended for 
plants of this tribe, giving it scarcely any water in Winter, 
and none when in a dormant state. The best method of 
increasing it is by the little tubers from its roots. 
