the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. 
Germen villous. Style dark red, hairy below, and 
smooth on the upper part. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This fine plant is a hybrid production ; in habit and 
foliage it approaches nearest to P. capitatum, but its 
flowers are nearer related to P. eximium: it grows to a 
great size, and makes a fine appearance when in full 
bloom; it is also a very hardy kind, requiring only a 
common greenhouse or warm room to protect it from 
the frost in winter, and being a very free growing kind 
it requires more water than many others of the genus: 
a mixture of light turfy loam and peat, or decayed 
leaves, suits it very well, and cuttings root freely 
planted under hand-glasses, or in pots placed in a 
sheltered situation. 
Our drawing was taken from a plant at the nur- 
sery and botanic garden of Mr. Tate, Sloane Street, 
where it has been in fine bloom all the summer. 
