the margins thickly clothed with dense woolly hairs: upper 
one broadest, keeled, erect: the others reflexed at the 
points. Nectariferous tube about the length of the calyx, 
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base, more or 
less purple. Petals 5, handsomely formed, the two upper 
ones obovate, rounded at the points, of a pale lilac, with a 
bright dark purple patch in the centre, below which are 
some interrupted short lines, somewhat branched: lower 
ones narrower, obovate, becoming very slender towards the 
base. Filaments 10, ascending, 'll bearing anthers : pollen 
orange-coloured. Style flesh-coloured, hairy above half its 
length. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed at the points. 
We have known the present plant in the collections about 
London for many years, but know nothing of its origin; it 
is probably a species from the Cape, as we know no sorts 
that could have produced it; in general habit, and the glassy 
like hairs with which it is covered, it is nearest related to 
P. obtusilohum, but can never be confused with it: if a 
hybrid production, that is most probably one of its parents; 
it makes a handsome compact bush, and flowers in succes¬ 
sion all the Summer, thriving well in a rich light soil; and 
young cuttings, planted in pots, and placed in a sheltered 
situation, strike root readily. 
Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery of 
Mr. Colvill, in August last 
