obo’vate, unequal-sided, of a bright red, with a dark velvetty 
mark in the centre, and numerous dark lines between it and 
the base that branch over the petals and become lightest on 
the outsides: lower petals oblong, inclining to obovate, of 
rather a lighter colour, strongly veined with darker veins. 
Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: 
pollen orange-coloured. Style dark purple, smooth through¬ 
out, or only with two or three hairs near the base. Stig¬ 
mas 5, dark purple, reflexed, or re volute at the points. 
Our drawing of this magnificent hybrid was made last 
month from a large plant in the select collection of R. H. 
Jenkinson, Esq. where it was raised from seed; and we 
are informed by his Gardener, Mr. Avron, that it is the 
produce of P. incomparahile, a very dark-flowered sort 
that has not yet been figured, as it does not produce a very 
fine flower, being rather small, and so dark that it will not 
bear the light; but as we observe so many very superior 
hybrids that have been produced from it, we think it well 
deserving a place in the work, and shall therefore publish 
it shortly: the other parent of the present plant we believe 
to be P. macranthon, as it partakes more of the habit 
and character of that plant, than of the one from which 
the seed was produced. It is of strong growth, an abun¬ 
dant bloomer, and no plant can surpass it in the size and 
number of its flowers; it is also a very hardy sort, requiring 
only protection from frost, and succeeds w^ell in a rich 
light soil. Young cuttings, planted in pots in the same sort 
of soil, and placed in a sheltered situation, will strike root 
readily. 
We understand that P. Nairnii , t. 376, was also raised 
from seed in Mr. Jenkinson’s collection ; a circumstance 
that we were not acquainted with at the time, or we should 
have mentioned it. In the collections it is known by the 
name of Anne Boleyn. 
