have always been imperfect. Style of a pale colour, 
very hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
In var. a. the leaves are deeply lobed, or nearly tri- 
fid and undulate, with sharper teeth ; the upper petals 
are more stained with purple in the centre, and the 
nectariferous tube is about the length of the calyx. 
In var. /3. the leaves are flat, less lobed, and bluntly 
toothed ; and the nectariferous tube is half as long 
again as the calyx. 
Both the varieties of these handsome plants were 
raised from seeds by Mr. Smith, at the Earl of Liver- 
pool's, Coombe Wood, but he was not quite certain of 
their origin; this is now ascertained, by a plant 
that flowered this last summer at Mr. Colvill's, which 
differed not in the least from the (2, var. It was raised 
from the seed of P. calydnum that had been fertilized 
with the pollen of V.fulgidum. They are very desira- 
ble plants for collections, on account of their abun- 
dance of bloom, the whole plant being generally co- 
vered with flowers at the same time ; but they must be 
considered as autumnal bloomers, as they seldom come 
in flower till late in summer. Like their nearest 
relatives, they succeed well in a mixture of turfy 
loam, peat, and sand; requiring but little water in 
winter, and the warmest part of the greenhouse. Cut- 
tings root freely, planted in pots and placed on a shelf 
in the greenhouse. 
