or nearly black, the 2 uppermost broadest, spathulate, with 
2 or 3 dark lines near the base : lower ones about half the 
width, with a slender unguis. Filaments 10, united into 
a tube, 5 bearing anthers, sterile ones curved inwards. 
Style ascending, pale flesh colour, hairy at the base, and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, the points reflexed. 
The present very curious and pretty plant is a hybrid 
production, raised in 1823 at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, 
from a seed of P. sanguineum that had been fertilized by 
the pollen of H. varia ; it has entirely lost the habit of its 
former parent, and only resembles it in its glossy leaves, 
and the colour of its flowers ; the habit and character is 
precisely that of Hoarea : we do not know any plant that 
mules more readily than P. sanguineum ; we have some 
very singular productions both from it and V . multiradia- 
tum ; some of them have flowered, but not in such good 
perfection as we expect them to do next Summer. 
Like the other tuberous rooted sorts, the present plant 
succeeds well in an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and 
sand, requiring but little water, and none when in a dor- 
mant state ; but as soon as it begins to grow again, it will 
require to be shifted into another pot, and will need a 
regular supply ; it may be readily increased by the little 
tubers from its roots. 
