of a bright purplish red, inclining to crimson, with a 
bright velvetty spot in the centre, below which are two 
dark lines much branched: lower petals very broad, 
flat at the points, and rounded, of a paler colour, strong¬ 
ly veined at the back. Filaments 10, connected at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers, which were all imperfect in 
our specimens. Style bright purple, thinly clothed with 
hairs nearly all its length. Stigmas 5, dark purple, re¬ 
flexed at the points. 
Our drawing of this magnificent plant, was made 
this Spring, from a plant in the collection of L.Weltje, 
Esq. of Hammersmith, who raised it from seed, and 
who has named it in compliment to Mrs. Tyrwhit 
Drake, ofAmersham: what its original parents were, 
we cannot with certainty ascertain, but it is certainly 
one of the best shaped flowers we have seen for some 
time, its petals being so broad, and neatly imbricate, 
as well as its rich colours: it thrives well in any rich 
sandy soil; and cuttings, planted in pots in the same 
sort of soil, will root freely. 
