nected at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange- 
coloured. Style pale purple, thinly hairy below, and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, spreading, the points re¬ 
flexed. 
The present pretty plant is of hybrid origin, and 
was raised from seed at the Nursery of Mr. W. Russell, 
at Battersea, where our drawing was made last Sum¬ 
mer ; its flowers are related toP. ignescens , and its man¬ 
ner of flowering; but the foliage and habit of the plant 
is altogether different, being more like P. Daveyanum, 
as the plant is densely clothed all over with long villous 
hairs. It is of free growth, and an abundant bloomer, 
thriving well in a light sandy soil, or a mixture of light 
turfy loam, peat, and sand, will suit it very well, keep¬ 
ing the pots well drained with potsherds, broken small, 
that the wet may pass off regularly. Young cuttings, 
planted in pots, in Spring or Summer, in the same sort 
of soil, and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse, will 
strike root readily. 
