mferous tube about the length of, or a, little longer than 
the calyx, much flattened and furrowed on each side, gib- 
bous at the base, villosely hairy. Petals 5, all obovate, 
the Supper ones rather largest, slightly emarginate, oblique 
at the base, of a deep bright scarlet, with a dark purple 
spot in the centre, and numerous dark lines below it, which 
branch in various directions ; lower petals of a lighter 
colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers. Style flesh-coloured, all over hairy. Stigmas 5, 
purple, reflexed. 
This very beautiful plant is a hybrid production, and is 
intermediate between P. ignescens major and P. querci- 
folium, partaking in an equal degree of both ; the shape 
and size of the flowers, and also the form of the leaves, 
are nearer the latter parent ; but the brilliant colour of the 
flowers is that of the former. We have named it in com- 
pliment to Mrs. Bishop, of Dorking, Surrey, in whose 
collection it was raised from seed. We are informed that 
it is in fine bloom at Messrs. Young's Nursery at Epsom, 
said to be much finer than the specimen from which our 
drawing was made ; it is a free bushy growing plant, and 
flowers continually all through the Summer and till late in 
Autumn ; it is therefore a very desirable plant for all col- 
lections. A mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, is a 
very good soil for it ; and young cuttings strike root freely, 
planted in pots in the same sort of soil, and placed on a 
shelf in the greenhouse. 
