in length, shorter than the segments of the calyx, some¬ 
times not above half the length, much flattened on each 
side and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, of a bright red: 
the two upper ones broadest, obovate* unequal-sided, 
with a large dark velvetty patch in the centre, and nu¬ 
merous dark lines between that and the base, that are 
much branched: lower petals oblong, strongly three- 
nerved. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers, which are often imperfect. Style purple, smooth 
all its length. Stigmas 5, dark purple, very long and 
spreading, the points more or less reflexed or revolute. 
The present beautiful plant is also of hybrid origin, 
and was raised from seed by L. Weltje, Esq. of Ham¬ 
mersmith, in whose splendid collection our drawing 
was made last month; and is named by him in compli¬ 
ment to Lady Peyton, a lady much attached to this 
tribe of plants; it is impossible to speak with certainty 
of its parents, which were doubtless themselves both 
hybrids: the present is certainly a very brilliant flower¬ 
ing plant, and produces a great abundance of bloom, 
continuing to flower successively all the Summer, and 
coming into bloom very early in Spring, which makes 
it the more desirable. A light sandy soil is the most 
preferable for it, and the pots to be well drained, that 
the wet may pass off* readily, being careful that it does 
not get sodden with water in Winter, as nothing is 
more injurious than too much moisture in Winter to the 
tribe to which it belongs; young cuttings, planted in 
pots in alight sandy soil, and placed on a shelf in the 
Greenhouse, will soon strike root. 
