imperfect. Style green, very hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, 
reflexed. 
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant in the superb 
collection of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq. where it was first 
raised from seed : it is of hybrid origin, and was raised in 
1822 from the seed of V.fulgidwm that had been fertilized 
by the pollen of P. grandiflorum : its nearest relative is 
P. Barnardianum, which was raised from the seed of 
P. grandiflorum mixed with Y . fulgidum. The present 
plant is of much readier growth ; its leaves are much more 
divided, and it bears a far greater number of flowers in the 
umbels, which are produced in a sort of panicle, and con- 
tinue to bloom till late in Autumn ; it is therefore a very 
desirable plant, particularly as it is so different from all the 
others of this numerous tribe. It succeeds well in an equal 
mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, or any other 
light sandy soil ; it also strikes root readily from cuttings 
planted in pots, and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse ; 
it may also be increased by pieces of the roots, planted 
with their tops above the surface, that they may not rot ; 
those will soon make nice young plants, and will flower the 
same season, if planted early in Spring ; as soon as they 
begin to make shoots, they must be planted separately in 
small pots, leaving only one shoot to each root ; for if more 
are left, they will weaken each other, and will not succeed 
so well. 
