This little brilliant flowering plant is of hybrid 
origin, and was raised at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill 
from a seed of Dimacria pinnata that had been fer- 
tilized by Hoarea melanantha. Although the mule was 
produced between two such different species, its flowers 
are still quite perfect, and it produces abundance of 
perfect seeds. Here we have a brilliant flower of a 
dark crimson, produced from two plants, the flowers 
of one being of a dirty cream-colour slightly tinged 
with rose, and the other of a velvetty black. H. ele- 
ganSi published in a former number, was raised from 
a seed of the same plant mixed with H. atra; in that 
the colour was not so deep nor so brilliant : this we 
might expect, as H. atra is of a dark brown, instead 
of black. 
Numerous other interesting and curious mules have 
been raised at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, from the tuberous- 
rooted species, and many of them are very handsome. 
In Mr. Jenkinson's collection, also, a great many have 
been raised, and some curious anomalies between the 
tuberous-rooted and shrubby species. 
The present plant thrives well in an equal mixture 
of turfy loam, peat, and sand, keeping it quite dry 
when in a dormant state, and watering it regularly as 
soon as it begins to grow afresh. It may be propa- 
gated by the little tubers from the roots, like most of 
the other tuberous-rooted species, or by seeds. 
