bearing anthers; 5 fertile ones elong^ated, spreading; 
sterile ones short, erect, the 2 upper ones rather 
longest. Germen villous. Style purple, hairy on the 
lower part and smooth On the upper. Stigmas 5, 
purple, reflexed. 
This plant differs from P. tricolor in the following 
manner; this is tall and erect, that dwarf and spread- 
ing; this is covered with a short white pubescence, 
that with long villous hairs ; the leaves of this are more 
regularly lanceolate, not trrfid ; its upper petals are 
largest, not smallest as in that; in this the filaments 
are connected into a short tube, in that they are nearly 
distinct to the base. We are not certain if it be a dis- 
tinct species or a hybrid production ; if the latter, it is 
probably intermediate between P. tricolor and Campylia 
coronopifolia. It is a handsome free-growing plant, and 
flowers the greater part of the year, if managed well ; 
the best soil for it is an equal portion of turfy loam, 
peat, and sand, and the pots must be well drained with 
potsherds, that it may not get sodden with too much 
wet; watering over the leaves in winter is also very 
injurious to this and all other downy-leaved plants, as 
the wet lodges on them and makes them rot. Cuttings 
strike root freely if planted in pots in the same kind of 
soil, and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
Our drawing was taken from a plant in the collec- 
tion of Robert H. Jenkinson, Esq. last summer. 
