men sericeous. Sti/le quite smooth, flesh-coloured. 
Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
The only account that we have seen of this handsome 
species is in the work of Sprengel above quoted; we 
believe it has been very lately introduced into our 
gardens, where it promises to be a great acquisition, 
from the number and brilliancy of its flowers. It be- 
longs to the same tribe as P. ardens, P. Mcolor, &c. 
but is certainly a very distinct species. Professor 
Sprengel mentions another nearly related one, P. mul- 
tiradiatum, but this differs in the blunter segments of 
the leaves, by its umbel producing 30 flowers, which 
are of a dark green colour, or perhaps of nearly the 
same colour as P. triste, which also belongs to the 
same tribe. 
Our drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Col- 
vill and Son, where the plants are growing luxuriantly 
in an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand : it 
requires to be kept in the warmest part of the green- 
house in winter, and to be watered but sparingly, being 
of a succulent nature and rather more tender than the 
generality of its relatives. Cuttings strike root readily, 
if taken off^ at a joint, and planted in pots in the same 
kind of soil, and placed in a warm part of the green- 
house. 
