ed. Style flesh-coloured, very hairy. Stigmas 5, of 
the same colour, reflexed. 
This neat little plant is of hybrid origin, and was 
raised the year before last from seed, at the Nursery of 
Mr. Colvill. One of its parents was H. melanantha, 
the other we are not quite certain of ; perhaps it might 
be H. corydaliflora. It is a very free grower and flowers 
abundantly, the flowers being produced in succession 
all the summer. Like all the others of the tuberous- 
rooted tribe, it succeeds best in an equal portion of 
turfy loam, peat, and sand, requiring no water when in 
a dormant state. The best method of propagating it 
is by the little tubers from the root, taken off" close to 
the old one: these must be planted in the same sort 
of soil, with their tops just above the surface of the 
mould ; they then require no water till the wound is 
dried up ; after that they must be watered occasionally, 
but sparingly, till they begin to grow ; they then re- 
quire a constant supply. If the roots are buried al- 
together, they are very liable to rot, from the moisture 
settling on the wound. 
