the unguis white, spotted on the upper part with red or 
purple spots and short lines: lower petals about half the 
breadth, without spots. Filaments 10, connected into a 
tube, 5 bearing anthers, the 2 lower ones longest and as¬ 
cending, sterile ones curved inwards. Style flesh-coloured, 
hairy below, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, 
reflexed. 
This pretty plant is a hybrid production, and was raised 
at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from a seed of H. elegans 
that had been fertilized by the pollen of some other sort, 
but we are not certain of what species : like the other tu¬ 
berous rooted sorts, it thrives best in an equal portion of 
light turfy loam, peat, and sand, and requires no water, 
after flowering, as it then becomes dormant, and remains 
so all the Winter, at which time it only needs protection 
from frost; as soon as it shows an inclination to grow 
afresh, it should be shifted into fresh soil, and as it begins 
to grow it will require to be regularly watered, and to be 
placed in a light airy situation; it will then with care be 
covered with flowers all the Summer. The best method of 
propagating it is from the little tubers of its roots; those 
must be planted with their tops above the surface of the 
mould in Spring; they will then make flowering plants by 
Autumn. 
