and marked in the centre with a large dark velvet patch, 
below which are several short dark lines : lower petals ob¬ 
long, obtuse, strongly veined underneath, the veins bran¬ 
ched. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. 
Style dark purple, all over hairy. Stigmas 5, very long, 
dark purple, revolute or twisted at the points. 
The present fine plant is a hybrid production, and was 
raised from seed by Mr. J. Young, Nurseryman, at Taun¬ 
ton; it appears to be intermediate between P. Barringto- 
nii or one of the dark purple flowered sorts and P. villosum , 
the habit of the plant and colour of the flower partaking 
chiefly of the former parent, but the form of the flower, 
and the large mark on the petals, are more like the lat¬ 
ter ; it is certainly the finest of the purples that we have 
yet seen, and is a strong free-growing plant, succeeding 
well in any rich light soil, and only requiring to be pro¬ 
tected from frost in Winter, and to be kept in a light situa¬ 
tion; cuttings, planted in pots in the same sort of soil, 
strike root freely. 
Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, 
in May last. 
