petals oblong, of an elegant blush, 4-nerved at the back, 
stained with rose-colour down the centre. Filaments 10, 
connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: 'pollen orange- 
coloured. Style pale red, clothed with a few spreading 
hairs at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark 
purple, spreading, the points reflexed or re volute. 
This handsome and delicate flowering plant is a 
hybrid production, and was raised from seed at the 
Nursery of Mr. W. Russell, of Battersea; but from what 
parents it was produced, we have not ascertained; but 
from its habit, it must have originated between one of 
the large red-flowered sorts, and one of the small-leaved 
light-flowered ones, as its leaves are very small, consi¬ 
dering the size of the flowers. It appears to be of free 
growth, and thrives well in a mixture of light turfy loam, 
peat, and sand, or any other light sandy soil, and young 
cuttings, planted in pots in the same sort of soil, and 
placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse, will root readily. 
We have named it in compliment to Lady Gordon 
Gumming, a great admirer of this handsome family, and 
a lady much attached to the science of Botany. 
