that branch all over the petals; lower ones oblong or 
broadly ligulate, rounded at the points, of a light co¬ 
lour, strongly nerved at the back, nerves branching. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers, that 
are generally imperfect. Style purple, hairy below, and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the points re¬ 
volute. 
The present handsome plant is of hybrid origin, and 
was raised from seed by Mr. W. Smith, in the collection 
of the late Earl of Liverpool, at CoombeWood, in 1827, 
and flowered last year for the first time, when our draw¬ 
ing was made. It is a very desirable plant, from its bright 
colours being so strongly marked with dark velvet; it is 
also of strong and free growth, and hardier than most of 
its tribe, requiring nothing but protection from frost, to 
save it through the Winter. We are not certain what 
were its real parents, but it belongs to the tribe that is 
intermediate between P. ignescens and the strong grow¬ 
ing sorts ; it succeeds well in any light rich sandy soil, 
and the pots to be well drained, that the wet may pass 
off readily, striking root freely from young cuttings 
planted in pots in the same sort of soil, and placed on a 
shelf in the Greenhouse. 
