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rium smooth, conical. Style short, smooth. Stiyma trifid,
the segments erect.
Our drawing of this pretty new species, was taken from
a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and
Milne, at Fulham, in July last; it had been imported
from Montreal, in Canada, last Winter, under the name
that we have adopted ; it is related to P. divaricata, and
also to P.pilosa, but is a stronger growing plant, and more
upright than either of those, and the shape of the flowers
are different from P. divai'icata, as well as the habit of the
plant. It appears to be of free growth, and forms a large
tuft, so that it will be readily increased, thriving well in
the open border of the flower-garden, in the common garden
soil, and may be readily increased by cuttings, planted
under hand-glasses, or by dividing at the root.
Numerous species of this beautiful genus appear to have
been confused by different authors ; perhaps the present
plant has been confounded with P. divaricata ; several
other species, we believe, have been confused with P. ma culata,
P. glaberrima, and others, which can only be put
to rights by seeing them growing together; dried specimens
resemble each other so much, that it is scarcely possible to
decide any thing by them, where the species are so nearly
related, but when seen grown together, their difference is
readily perceived.
1. Calyx. 2. Tifbc o f the Corolla spread open, to show the insertion o f the
Stamens. 3. Ovarium, terminated by the Style and trifid Stigma.