flat, and inno way revolute at the margin; and the corolla 
is of a still deeper ‘and brighter poppy-colour than in the 
other. The long-familiar cardinalis, closely allied to both,. 
has a corolla of the same form and colour, but upon a much 
smaller scale, an elliptic rugose decursively petioled leaf, 
not broad at the hase; and embracing a considerable por- 
tion of the. circumference of the stem, as in both its above 
relatives, ; ' 
At present our plant is generally kept in the greenhouse; 
but is in fact hardy. When grown in large-sized pots 
‘filled with rich loam, and not of too loose a texture, will 
attain the height of four or five feet, form many branches, — 
and continue to show a succession of bloom from July to 
November. Multiplied with great facility by suckers, and 
sometimes, we are told, ‘by seed, which it ripens on the 
‘continent. — a ma ei 
‘Miller, in the 7th edition of his Dictionary (Raruntium. 7. 
‘9.), has a species, the description of which, as far as it 
‘goes, agrees with our plant in every thing, except in the 
mention of a short spike of flowers, and quite entire leaves. 
‘He says it was taller, larger flowered, and more tender than 
cardinalis, and that it came from Campeachy. We do not 
-find it adopted or noticed elsewhere; but have some sus- 
-picion» that it was of the present species, which has been 
- ‘since lost in our collections. . 
“The drawing was made at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, 
“Bramés, and Milne, King’s Road; Parson’s Green, Fulham. 
_ .@The stamens and pistil, detached. 6 The pistil withdrawn from the 
_ Stamens, pi 
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