aristw villous, %/e red, very hairy. Stigmas 5, re- 
flexed. 
This curious and beautiful plant is of hybrid ori- 
gin, and was raised last year at the Nursery of Messrs. 
Colyill, from a seed of P. fulgidum that had been 
fertilized with the pollen of a nondescript species of 
Hoarea, and it is nearly intermediate between them. 
The stem is a little caulescent and succulent, but it 
has a large tuberous root which branches off into nu- 
merous other smaller tubers. It appears to be easily 
nianaged if treated like the other tuberous-rooted 
kinds, as it has grown and flowered very freely. The 
best soil for it is an equal portion of turfy loam, peat, 
and sand, watering it only when in a growing state' 
as it would be apt to rot if watered when dormant. It 
may be increased by parting the tubers from the roots, 
which must be kept dry when first potted till the 
wound is dried up ; they may then be watered a little, 
and they will soon make young plants. 
Besides the present plant, numerous other beautiful 
mules of the tuberous-rooted tribe have been raised in 
the collection of Messrs. Colvill, and others in Mr. 
Jenkinson's collection ; some of them surpass in bril- 
liancy of colour any that we have ever seen before. 
