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veins, which are rather prominent, are of a dull, pale green colour, 
slightly tinged with brown on the upper side. 
The flower buds are very freely produced, and stand well, unless the 
plants are kept too warm, which is apt to occasion the buds to drop 
before expansion. They are at first much pointed, and of a deep green 
colour, with but little pubescence; afterwards they change to a roundish 
oval form, and become of a yellowish green. The inner scales, which 
are thin, and nearly round, are occasionally striped with red. 
The flowers, which seldom exceed two, or two and a half inches in 
diameter, are similar in their appearance to those of the double-striped, 
represented at folio 6. They are, however, far more regularly formed, 
and consist of a greater number of petals. Those next the circum¬ 
ference of the flower are almost round, and generally measure about 
three-fourths of an inch in diameter. They expand quite flat, and 
ultimately are a little recurved at the edges. Towards the centre, which 
is considerably elevated, the petals gradually diminish in size, and are 
disposed with much less regularity than near the circumference of the 
flower; some of them are twisted, but the greater number may be said 
to be plain, and of a narrow, roundish-oblong form. In many instances 
we remarked that a few of the narrowest more resembled stamens than 
petals, from their being only partly transformed, and having a yellowish 
tip, apparently the remains of the anther. The usual colour of the 
flower is a mixture of red and white, of which the former is the most 
predominant, and is somewhat paler than that of the double-striped. 
Like that variety it is subject to vary, and will sometimes produce 
flowers of a pale red colour, with only a few irregular blotches of white 
on some of the outer petals. 
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