gibbous at the base. Flower very large and spreading. 
Petals 5; the two upper ones broadest, broadly obovate, 
unequal-sided, of a bright lilac, with a dark purple 
patch in the centre, below which are numerous dark 
purple branching lines: lower ones oblong, slightly 
crenulate at the points, of a pale blush, much veined 
underneath. Filaments 10 , connected at the base, 7 bear¬ 
ing anthers: pollen of a bright orange colour. Style 
bright purple, hairy about half way up, the upper part 
smooth. Stigmas 5, dark purple, reflexed at the points. 
This is also of hybrid origin, and is intermediate 
between the P. cucullatumtxik>Q, and the tribe to which 
P. macranthon belongs; it is of strong growth, and pro¬ 
duces an abundance of its large flowers all the Summer, 
and will therefore be a desirable sort for decorating 
rooms or windows, or for placing on platforms, or any 
other place where a great show is wanting, intermixed 
with other sorts. 
The plant from which our drawing was made, was 
sent us from the Nursery of Messrs. Young, at Epsom, 
last Summer. 
