Nectariferous tube about twice the length of the calyx, 
flattened and keeled on both sides, gibbous at the base, 
and clothed with short, but unequal spreading hairs. 
Petals 5, the two upper ones obovately oblong, unequal 
sided, of a bright orangy scarlet, marked from the base 
with numerous branching purple lines, and a white 
stripe from near the centre to the base, the back strongly 
2-nerved, the nerves branching: lower petals narrower 
and shorter, ligulate, of a lighter colour, also veined at 
the back. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers. Style flesh-coloured, smooth its whole length. 
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
The present subject is also of hybrid origin, and 
was raised in 1827 in the collection of R. H. Jenkin- 
son, Esq. from a seed of P. chenopodiifolium that had 
been fertilized with the pollen of some other sort, and 
from a plant in flower in his garden last Summer, our 
drawing was made; it is of short bushy growth, and 
produces a great number of its lively flowers all the 
Summer and till late in Autumn, so that it is a desira¬ 
ble plant, thriving well in a light sandy soil; and 
young cuttings, planted in pots, and placed on a shelf 
in the Greenhouse, will strike root freely. 
