villous. Sepals 5, lanceolate, with membranaceous 
margins, terminated with a bluntish subulate mucro. 
Bractes 4, membranaceous, lanceolate, bluntish. Petals 
5, obcordate, longer than the calyx, when first ex- 
panded of a brilliant rose colour, with 5 black lines 
from the base that are slightly branched ; it afterwards 
changes to a dark purple. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, of a black colour, all bearing perfect anthers, 
which are also black. Pollen gray. Germen villous. 
Sti/le veiy short, hairy. Stigmas 5, black and hairy at 
the base, spreading. Description from a cultivated 
plant. 
For the above name and description we are obliged 
to Mr. Don, who was also kind enough to let us see 
native specimens, in which the flowers were consider- 
ably larger than in the cultivated plants. The speci- 
men from which our drawing was taken, was sent to 
us by Sir R. C. Hoare, who raised it from seeds given 
him by A. B. Lambert, Esq. who received them from 
the Hymalayan mountains. We have also seen it at 
the nursery of Mr. W. Malcolm, Kensington, where it 
was raised from seeds received from Nepaul. We think 
it one of the handsomest species of the genus; its 
flowers also continue in bloom for several days, and as 
their colour changes considerably, it has a very curious 
appearance. We suspect it will endure our winters in 
the open air, but it will be safest to protect some under 
a frame, or in the greenhouse, until it has had a fair 
trial. It will strike freely from cuttings planted in pots 
in a mixture of turfy loam and peat : it may also be 
raised from seeds, which will ripen abundantly, if some 
pollen be rubbed on the stigmas when in bloom. 
