purple, hairy nearly all its length. Stigmas 5, dark 
purple, revolute at the points. 
Our drawing of the present curious plant, was taken 
last Summer, from a specimen communicated by L. 
Weltje, Esq. of Hammersmith, in whose collection it 
was raised from seed: it is a hybrid production, and 
appears to be intermediate between P. Barringtonii or 
some nearly related sort, and one of the smaller grow¬ 
ing sorts, perhaps one related to P. capitatum ; the 
greatest curiosity belonging to it is its flowers being 
more or less double, owing to its stamens being turned 
into petals, in which it much resembles P. Veitchianum, 
published in our last Number: it is of free growth, an 
abundant bloomer, and, with proper management, may 
be kept in flower from April, till late in Autumn; by 
keeping the flower-stems cut off as soon as they are 
overblown; it succeeds well in any rich light soil; and 
cuttings, planted in pots, in Spring or Summer, strike 
root readily. 
