ing anthers, which are seldom perfect. Style purple, hairy 
at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, 
reflexed. 
This fine plant is of hybrid origin, and was raised in 
1822, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from a seed of 
P. Murrayanum, that had been fertilized by the pollen of 
P. ignescens, and it is as near as possible intermediate ; 
we have named it in compliment to Sir Claude Scott, a 
distinguished Horticulturist, and a liberal promoter of the 
Science of Botany. 
Like its nearest allies, the present plant succeeds well 
in a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, and 
requires to be kept in a warm light situation in Winter, 
at which season it requires but little water ; its best season 
of flowering is in Summer, and early in Autumn, the Spring 
flowers not being near so large. Cuttings strike root 
without difiiculty, planted in pots in the same sort of soil, 
and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
