lower petals oblong, obtuse, light rose colour, or lilac. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. 
Pollen orange-coloured. Germen and aristae villous. 
AS'^z/Ze red, very hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
Our drawing and description were taken from a fine 
plant communicated to us by Sir R. C. Hoare, from 
his superb collection. It is a hybrid production and 
related to P. purpureum, but differs in several particu- 
lars ; and as it is of smallish growth and an abundant 
bloomer, it makes a pleasing variety. We have seen 
it in full bloom in the middle of winter, at which time 
its flowers were as fine or finer than in summer^ It 
succeeds well in a mixture of turfy loam and peat ; and 
cuttings soon strike root if planted in pots in the same 
kind of soil, and placed in a shady part of the green- 
house. 
