which are all tipped with little brown glands, and some 
long ones intermixed, that are without glands. Petals 5, of 
a glossy scarlet, broadly obovate, the 3 lower ones half as 
broad again as the upper ones, the points rounded and rather 
uneven, but scarcely crenulate, very strongly nerved under¬ 
neath, the nerves branching all over the petals, upper ones 
of rather a darker scarlet than the lower ones. Filaments 
10, erect, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers, two upper 
ones very short, points of the filaments bright red. Style 
short, quite smooth, of a pale colour. Stigmas 5, red, re¬ 
flexed. 
This brilliant flowered plant is, we believe, of hybrid 
origin, and is, we suspect, intermediate between P. Ben- 
tinckianum and some other sort which we cannot at pre¬ 
sent determine: we believe there is not a brighter flowered 
sort in the whole tribe; it is readily distinguished from 
P. Bentinckianum, by its two upper petals being so much 
smaller than the lower ones, and also in the form of its 
leaves : it is of rather a succulent nature, so that it requires 
but little water in Winter, and to be preserved in a good 
Greenhouse, or warm light room. A rich light soil suits 
it best, or it will thrive well in a mixture of light turfy loam 
and peat. Cuttings soon strike root, if planted in pots, and 
placed in a sheltered situation. 
Our drawing was made from a plant in the collection 
of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq. last Summer. 
