becoming lighter as they extend: lower petals obovately 
oblong, of a lighter colour, strongly veined at the back. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers : pollen 
orange-coloured. Style dark purple, slightly hairy near 
the base and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5 , dark purple, re- 
flexed at the points. 
This fine plant is also a hybrid production, and was 
raised at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, Grosvenor-row, 
Chelsea, from a seed of P. ramigerum, that had been fer¬ 
tilized by some other sort; it is of very strong growth, 
forming a large, upright, stout-stemmed bush, and produces 
a great number of flowers in a sort of panicle, and will most 
probably continue to flower all the year round like its pa¬ 
rent ; succeeding well in a rich light soil, or a mixture of light 
sandy loam and peat will suit it very well. Cuttings strike 
root readily, planted in pots in the same sort of soil, and 
placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse. 
Our drawing was made from a plant, at the Nursery of 
Mr, Dennis, in May last. 
