in the centre, below which are innumerable black lines, 
branched out in an elegant manner: lower petals ligu- 
late, light salmon-colour. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers, which in our specimens were 
imperfect. Style purple, hairy above half way up, the 
upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the points 
reflexed. 
This interesting little plant is of hybrid origin, and 
is intermediate between one of the tuberous-rooted 
sorts, and one of the frutescent ones that is related to 
P. ignescens ; its flowers are of a very bright colour, 
and very large, considering the tribe to which it be¬ 
longs. It was raised from seed last Spring, in the col¬ 
lection of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq., and flowered for the 
first time this Autumn, when our drawing was taken; 
as it is of dwarf growth , it will be some time before it 
becomes plentiful, as it makes but few branches; a 
mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, is the best soil 
for it; and young cuttings, planted in pots in the same 
sort of soil, and placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse, 
will root readily. 
