ovate bractes, that are much crowded and imbricate, 
slightly keeled, more or less toothed, and thickly frin¬ 
ged round the edges with soft white hairs. Pedicles un¬ 
equal in length, generally longer than the bractes, 
some of them twice the length. Calyx 5-cleft; the 
segments lanceolate, tapering to a long slender point, 
keeled, three-nerved, the margins membranaceous and 
densely fringed : upper one largest. Nectariferous tube 
shorter than the calyx, generally about half the length, 
also shorter than the pedicles. Corolla of 5 petals, all 
obovate, pure white: the two upper ones broadest, 
with a handsome reddish purple spot in the centre, by 
the side of which and below it are a few dark purple 
lines, one extending down the centre to the base. Sta¬ 
mens 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers, 
which are often imperfect. Style dark purple, quite 
smooth its whole length. Stigmas 5, very long, bright 
purple, spreading, and more or less twisted and revo¬ 
lute. 
Our drawing of this handsome plant was taken this 
Spring at the collection of L. Weltje, Esq. of Ham¬ 
mersmith, where it was raised from seed; it is of hy¬ 
brid origin, and is intermediate between the P. cucul- 
latum and P. grandiflorwn tribes, partaking of nearly 
an equal proportion of both. It is of strong free growth, 
very hardy, and an abundant bloomer, and will conti¬ 
nue in flower all the Summer, and till late in Autumn, 
if managed accordingly; this is to be accomplished 
by cutting off all the flowering stems after they have 
done blooming; the young shoots will then produce 
other flowers, which will come forward in succession a 
great part of the year; the greater part of this genus 
may be treated in the same manner. 
The present plant thrives well in any rich light soil, 
and requires a great supply of water when in a free 
growing state; cuttings of it strike root freely if planted 
in pots in the same sort of soil, and placed on a shelf 
in the Greenhouse, or in any other sheltered situation. 
