filament terminated with a little mucro, nearly the 
same as in P. reniforme, P. cortuscef'olium, and perhaps 
the whole of this section. Pollen yellow. Capsules 
very hairy. Aristos villous. Style smooth, flesh- 
coloured. Stigmas 5, dark red, reflexed. 
This curious plant is one of the mules which we 
noticed in our last number ; it was first raised by Mr. 
Colvill, from seed produced between reniforme and 
cortuscefolium, and participates equally of the two, ex- 
cept in being a taller grower than either. It is a very 
desirable plant, as it continues to flower till late in au- 
tumn, after most of the showy kinds are over; it also 
flowers before them in spring, if kept toleraby warm 
and dry in the winter. The best soil to grow it is an 
equal portion of loam, peat, and sand ; the pots must 
also be well drained, as nothing is so pernicious to it as 
too much wet. Cuttings root freely planted in the 
same kind of soil and set on a shelf in the greenhouse ; 
the best time for planting these is late in summer, as 
the plants are then beginning to grow. 
Our drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. 
Colvill and Son in September last. 
