nerved at the back, the nerve forked at a distance from 
the base: lower petals narrower, two-nerved from the 
unguis, the nerves branched. Filaments 10, connected 
at the base, 7 bearing anthers, which, in our specimens, 
were all sterile. Style pale flesh-colour, very hairy 
nearly all its length. Stigmas 5, dark purple, fimbriate, 
spreading, revolute at the points. 
This very handsome plant is of hybrid origin, and 
was raised at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, from a seed of 
P. congestum, that had been fertilized by the pollen of 
one of the bright scarlet sorts; it is of strong upright 
growth, an abundant bloomer, and its close umbels of 
crimson flowers give it a grand appearance, when a large 
plant of it is covered with bloom: it thrives well in a 
light rich soil, or a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand 
will suit it as well as any thing, giving it but little water 
in Winter, but plenty when in a free growing state; 
young cuttings root readily, planted in pots in the same 
sort of soil, and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
Our drawing was made from a plant sent us from the 
Nursery of Mr. Dennis, last Summer. 
