rupted velvetty patch in the centre, and numerous dark 
lines that branch nearly all over the petals : lower petals 
unguiculate, wedge-shaped, of a bright scarlet, with 2 dark 
lines from the base. Filaments 10, joined in a tube at 
the base, 7 bearing anthers, which are generally imperfect. 
Style pale coloured, slightly hairy at the base, and smooth 
upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This very pretty and bright flowering plant, which, we 
are sorry to say, cannot be done justice to by the artist, is 
a hybrid production, and we believe is the produce of P. 
fulgidum ; but what its other parent was, is not so easy to 
be determined ; we should suppose, from its knotted joints, 
that it is somewhat related to P. sanguineum, or to some 
hybrid species that has been produced by it. 
Like the plants to which the present is nearest akin, 
it succeeds well in an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, 
and sand, and continues to bloom successfully all the 
summer, and until late in autumn ; care must be taken, 
not to sodden it with too much wet, as it is rather impatient 
of moisture. Cuttings strike root readily, planted in pots, 
and placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse. 
Our drawing was taken from a fine healthy plant, 
covered with its splendid flowers, in the collection of 
Robert Henry Jenkinson, Esq. where it was raised from 
seed. 
