ments 10, connected at the base into a tube, 5 bearing an¬ 
thers ; those are unequal in length. Style a little longer than 
the stamens, purple. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
Our drawing of this elegant little plant was made last 
Autumn, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, where it was raised 
the year before, from a seed of H. bicolor, that had been 
fertilized by the pollen of H. atra; it is altogether different 
from any other with which we are acquainted, and its abun¬ 
dance of blossoms, which are produced all the Summer, 
makes it very desirable. Like its congeners, it succeeds well 
in a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand; and after 
it has done flowering, and its leaves are beginning to decay, 
it requires no more water until it shows an inclination to 
grow again, which it generally does about Christmas; it 
must then be shifted into fresh mould, and as it grows, must 
be supplied regularly with water; the best method of in¬ 
creasing it is by the little tubers of its roots. 
