broadest, oblique at the base, of a bright rose colour, a 
little stained in the centre, and several purple lines from 
the base, branching in various directions : lower petals 
rather lighter, about half the breadth of the upper ones. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. 
Style flesh-coloured, slightly hairy at the base, and smooth 
upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed, or revolute. 
This fine plant is a hybrid production, and has been 
raised from seed at the Nursery of Mr. More, in the 
King's Road, where our drawing was made last summer ; 
it is very different from any other of the hybrid sorts to 
which it is nearest related, and is readily distinguished by its 
broad petals ; we believe, from the shape of those, and the 
habit of the plant altogether, that one of its parents is P. 
macranthon, and the other is one of the red flowering sorts, 
but which, it is not easy to guess : it makes a fine appear- 
ance when in bloom, as it is a strong growing plant, and 
its flowers are very large, and produced in great abun- 
dance ; the colour is also diflferent from most others, being 
of a lively rose ; it is also amongst the hardiest of the red 
flowering sorts, and grows freely in any light rich vegetable 
soil, or a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, will 
suit it very well. Cuttings will also root freely, if planted 
in pots, in the same sort of soil, and placed on a shelf in 
the Greenhouse. 
