Neofariforous tube a little longer than the calyx, flatten¬ 
ed on both sides. Petals 5, very much attenuated at 
the base: the two upper ones broadly rounded at the 
points, very unequal-sided, attenuated from the middle 
to the base, of a light rosy lilac, more or less marked 
with a bright purple patch in the centre, and numerous 
purple lines, that branch all over the petals, and become 
lighter towards the points: lower petals lighter, of a 
rosy lilac, narrowly obovate or spatulate. Stamens 10, 
connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen of a 
dark orange-colour. Style flesh-coloured, thinly hairy 
near the base, the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, short, 
spreading, of a light purple, reflexed or revolute at the 
points. 
Our drawing of this neat little bushy plant, was 
taken at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis ; it is a hybrid pro¬ 
duction, and appears to have originally been produced 
between P. Beaufortianum and P. obtusilobum , or some 
that is nearly related to these; it makes a neat bushy 
plant, and produces an abundance of flowers all the 
Summer, and till late in Autumn, if the overblown 
flowers are taken off* as soon as the petals drop from 
them; by this means, the whole of the tribe may be 
continued in flower much longer, than by allowing the 
overblown stalks to remain on them, till they drop off* 
of themselves ; for while they remain on the plant, 
they still draw away the sap from the other parts, that 
would otherwise be pushing out fresh buds : like the 
sorts to which it is nearest related, the present plant 
succeeds well in any rich light soil; and young cuttings, 
planted in pots, in the same sort of soil, and placed in 
the Greenhouse, will soon strike root. 
