tapering to a long slender base, marked in the centre 
with a dark velvetty patch, which extends more or less 
broken to the base : lower petals narrower, and paler, 
rather darkest in the centre, extending to the base. Fi¬ 
laments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing perfect an¬ 
thers, the anther-bearing ones purple, sterile ones slen¬ 
derer, about the same length, white. Style pale purple, 
hairy all its length. Stigmas 5, dark purple, fimbriate 
on the upper side, the points revolute. 
Our drawing of this plant was made last Summer 
at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, where it was raised from 
the seed of P. Moreanum that had been fertilized by 
P. congestum; it is much nearer related to the latter pa¬ 
rent, than to the former, both in the shape and colour 
of the flowers, and also in habit. It is of free growth, 
and very hardy, requiring nothing but to be protected 
from frost, thriving well in any rich light soil, and pro¬ 
ducing an abundance of flowers all the Summer, and 
beginning to bloom early in Spring. Young cuttings, 
planted in pots, and placed in a sheltered situation, will 
strike root readily; it might also be increased by cut¬ 
tings from the roots. 
