little purple spots and short lines: lower ones narrower, 
concave, of a lighter colour. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 5 bearing anthers; sterile ones curved inwards. 
Style hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This pretty little plant is a hybrid production, and was 
raised in 1823 at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from a seed 
of H. elegans that had been fertilized by the pollen of one 
of the dark flowered sorts: it requires the same sort of 
treatment as the other tuberous rooted sorts, and will then 
produce its flowers in abundance all through the Summer. 
An equal mixture of light turfy loam will suit it very well; 
and the pots must be well drained with small pieces of 
potsherds, that the moisture may pass off readily; after 
flowering, and when the plant becomes dormant, it will 
require no more water, until it shows an inclination to grow 
afresh, it must then be shifted into fresh soil, and as it begins 
to grow must be watered regularly; it is readily increased 
by the little tubers of its roots. 
