velvetty patch in the centre, and numerous lines below 
it, that branch all over the petals, and are lightest to¬ 
wards the margin: lower petals lighter in colour, with 
two or three darker veins towards the base. Filaments 
10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers ; pollen 
orange-coloured. Style purple, slightly hairy at the base, 
and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the points 
revolute. 
The present subject is also a hybrid production, and 
was raised from seed at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, and 
from a plant communicated by him the present figure 
was made last Summer : from its hollow leaves, and the 
colour of the flowers, we believe it must have been pro¬ 
duced between one of the P. cucullatum tribe, and one 
of the lobed-leaved red flowering sorts: it is of free 
growth, and an abundant bloomer, and thrives well in a 
light sandy soil, the pots to be well drained that the 
moisture may pass off readily, giving it but little water 
in Winter, but an abundance in Summer, when flower¬ 
ing and growing freely. Young cuttings, planted in pots 
in the same sort of soil, in Spring or Summer, and placed 
in a shady situation, will soon strike root. 
