which are generally longer than the pedicles. Calyx 
5-cleft, segments widely lanceolate, acute, the upper 
one largest, erect, the others spreading. Nectariferous 
tube unequal in length, in some longer in others not so 
long as the calyx, flattened and furrowed on each side, 
thickly clothed with long villous hairs. Petals 5, the 
two uppermost roundly ovate, oblique at the base, 
lower ones oblong or widely ligulate ; all of different 
shades of red, according to their variety, and the 
upper petals marked with spots and stripes as described 
under each. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bear- 
ing anthers. Germen and aristae villous. Style red, 
slightly hairy at the base and smooth upwards. Stig- 
mas 5, purple, reflexed. 
All these splendid varieties of P. spectabile were 
raised last year at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, where 
our drawing was taken in July last. Tliey were all 
produced from the seeds of different varieties of P. cu- 
cullatum that had been fertilized with the pollen of 
P. ignescens. Some of the varieties have also been raised 
in the collection of Robert H. Jenkinson, Esq. They 
are all very desirable plants, but u. maculatum is cer- 
tainly the finest. They appear to be the hardiest of the 
tribe that have yet been raised, and of the largest and 
strongest growth: some of the plants were from three to 
four feet high" the second year from seeds, and their 
stems very strong and stout. They require the same 
kind of treatment as all the others that are related to 
P. ignescens. A mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, 
is the best compost for them, watering them only when 
quite dry. Cuttings will soon strike root if planted in 
pots in the same kind of soil, and set on a shelf in 
the greenhouse. 
