of a bright salmony red, with a large brown velvetty 
spot in the centre, from which and below it are nume¬ 
rous dark lines: lower petals oblong, bluntly rounded, 
attenuated towards the base, blush-coloured. Filaments 
10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers : pollen 
orange-coloured. Style pale red, smooth and glossy. 
Stigmas 5, long and spreading, more or less twisted or 
revolute, of a bright purplish red. 
The present magnificent flowering plant is of hybrid 
origin, and was raised from seed by J. King, Esq. of 
Fowlscoombe, near Plymouth, Devon; it appears to 
have originated between P. macranthon or some one 
nearly related to it, and one of the red flowering sorts; 
the size and form of the flower, and the light colour of 
the lower petals, bringing it near the former, and the other 
parts being intermediate between it and the latter, it is 
certainly a very desirable plant for those that are fond of 
a large showy flower, and strong growing plant. 
The specimen from which our drawing was taken, 
was brought us by Mr. James Veitch, Nurseryman, of 
Killerton, near Exeter, Devon : we also received it from 
Mr. Davey, of the King’s-road, Chelsea, who informs us, 
that he first received it from Mr. King, and flowered it 
last year, and still finer the present. Mr. W. Russell, 
of Battersea, also brought us a plant, which he informs 
us he raised from seed; it appears to be precisely the 
same as the present, or at any rate so near, that we could 
not observe any difference, and must have been pro¬ 
duced by the same sorts. 
As the present subject is of strong free growth, it 
will be easily managed, requiring nothing but to be 
potted in a rich light soil, or a mixture of turfy loam and 
peat will suit it very well; it will be a very desirable 
plant for growing in the window of a light room, where 
it will thrive as well as in the Greenhouse, only re¬ 
quiring to be kept from frost. Cuttings, planted in 
pots, in the same sort of soil, and placed on a shelf in 
the Greenhouse, will root freely. 
