centre, and numerous dark purple lines, that branch a 
great way over the petals, and are lightest towards the 
outside : lower ones of a paler colour, marked with two 
or three red veins from the base. Filaments 10, con¬ 
nected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen dark 
orange-coloured. Style smooth, or with a very few 
scattered hairs towards the base, bright purple. Stig¬ 
mas 5, dark purple, spreading, reflexed at the points. 
The present plant is a hybrid production, and is 
related to the same tribe as P. cucullatum, from which, 
with the intermixture of some others of the large grow¬ 
ing sorts, it is most probable that its origin was de¬ 
rived : the chief value of it consists in its strong growth, 
and the abundance of its large flowers, which will make 
it desirable for placing in rooms, and windows, to make 
a great show, for which it will doubtless be in much 
demand; it is a very hardy free growing sort, and will 
thrive well in any rich light soil; cuttings, planted in 
pots, or under hand-glasses, or frames, will root rea- 
dily. 
Our drawing was made from a plant sent us from 
the collection of Messrs. Colley and Hill, at Hammer¬ 
smith, last Summer. 
