broadest, oblong, obtuse, erect, the others linear, and 
reflexed at the points ; all keeled at the back, bearded 
at the points, and clothed with a soft silky pubescence. 
Petals 5, all more or less reflexed; the two upper ones 
broadest, roundly obovate, of a bright scarlet, nearly 
covered with velvet, but retaining the bright edge; lower 
ones narrower, but of nearly the same shape and co¬ 
lour. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 5 bearing- 
perfect anthers, and 2 imperfect, and 3 without anthers, 
one of them a large spathulate one, so that it belongs 
to our section Monospatalla. Style pale blush, clothed 
with short hairs all its length. Stigmas 5, flesh-coloured, 
spreading, papillose, the points reflexed. 
Our drawing of this very distinct and handsome 
plant, was taken in September last, at the Nursery of 
Mr. Colvill, in the Kings Road, Chelsea, where it was 
raised from seed. It may readily be distinguished from 
all its congeners by its knotted stem, as well as by other 
distinctions ; it is the produce of P. miiltiradiatwn, that 
had been fertilized by P .jlexuosum; the habit of the plant 
and foliage partakes mostly of the former parent, but 
the knotted stem and colour of the flowers, is produced 
by the latter; it thrives well in an equal mixture of turfy 
loam, peat, and sand, with the pots well drained, that 
the moisture may pass off readily ; it will then continue 
to flower all the latter part of Summer and Autumn, 
after many of the other sorts are overblown, which makes 
it the more desirable. Young cuttings, planted in pots, 
in the same sort of soil, will strike root readily; it may 
also be increased by pieces of the tuberous roots. 
