light blush colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, 
7 bearing anthers. Pollen of a dark orange colour. 
Germen villous. Style pale purple, hairy on the lower 
part and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 5, purple, re- 
flexed. 
We have no doubt but this plant is of hybrid origin, 
and one of its parents is certainly P. c&rdatum^ but the 
other is not so easily determined. The flowers which 
it produces in spring are very small, and their anthers 
always imperfect: but as the season advances, the 
flowers increase in size and colour, so that in autumn 
they are very pretty, and of the size represented in our 
figure, in which the anthers are all perfect. It also 
bears an abundance of bloom, which continues to ex- 
pand in succession all the summer. It may be ranked 
amongst those of middle stature, not near so strong a 
grower as P. cordatum. A mixture of turfy loam and 
peat, or any rich vegetable mould, will suit it very 
well ; and it is as hardy as any of the genus. Cuttings 
soon strike root if placed in a sheltered situation. 
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant in the 
magnificent collection of Robert H. Jenkinson, Esq. 
where it was known by the name of P. cordatum /3. to- 
mentosum. 
