united at the base, 6 bearing anthers, one of the barren 
filaments is a large flat spatulate one, as in the other plants 
of this section. Style short, hairy. Stigmas 5, purple* 
reflexed. 
Our drawing of this very handsome and distinct plant 
was taken this Spring, about the middle of April, at the 
garden containing the rare and splendid collection of R. H. 
Jenkinson, Esq. where it was raised from seed: it is the 
produce of P. lobatum, that had been fertilized by the pol¬ 
len of one of the hybrid sorts, but we have not ascertained 
the real parent; it is somewhat related to P . gibbosum, as 
may be readily observed by its swollen joints; the flowers 
are produced in abundance, and are very fragrant in the 
evening and through the night, but are nearly scentless in 
the day-time: another thing which will make it very de¬ 
sirable, is its flowering early in the Spring, when scarcely 
any other sort is in bloom. Like the other succulent and 
tuberous-rooted sorts, it requires a light sandy soil, or an 
equal mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, will suit 
it very well, giving it very little water in Winter: the best 
method of propagating it, will be by the tubers of its roots; 
those must be planted with their tops above the surface of 
the mould, and will require no water till the wound is 
dried up; they may then be watered regularly, and they 
will soon be nice young plants. 
