flattened on both sides and generally keeled, thickly 
covered with short stiff hairs. Petals 5, or sometimes 
6, wedge-shaped, of a pale scarlet colour; the two up¬ 
permost smallest and converging at the base, marked 
with 2 dark lines, lower ones spreading. Filaments 10, 
short and erect* united at the base, 7 bearing anthers 
(or 8 in the 6-petalled flowers). Capsules hairy. Aristae 
spiral, bearded inwards. Style smooth, flesh-coloured. 
Stigmas 5, revolute. 
Notwithstanding the name of this plant, we believe 
it to be a genuine species, having been cultivated 
in the gardens of this country as far back as 1732. 
It belongs to the same natural section as P. monstrum. 
No, 13, and is one of the tenderest species belonging 
to it, generally losing the greater part of its leaves in 
winter, except kept very dry, and in a warm situation. 
The best soil for it is an equal mixture of turfy loam 
and sandy peat, or decayed leaves; the pots must also 
be well drained, that the wet may pass readily off. 
Cuttings strike freely planted in pots in the same kind 
of soil, and set in a shady part of the greenhouse. 
Our drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. 
Colvill and Son in September last. 
