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nearly equal to it in length ; two interior ones ovate, acute,
concave, slightly bristly ; outer one rather shorter, narrower,
keeled, and copiously bristly. Calyx deeply five-partite;
segments ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, concave, glabrous,
pale green, imbricate at the base, the edges white and
membranous. Corolla hypocrateriform, larger than' in the
common v a rie ty ; tube half an inch long, nearly white,
thickly lined within with white woolly h a irs ; limb deeply
five-lobed, concave, of a rich pink, with the lobes rounded,
imbricate and auriculate at the base. Stamens 10, inclosed,
unequal. Filaments awl-shaped, white, copiously bearded
below. Anthers yellow, linear, hidentate at the apex,
composed of two parallel, connate cells, opening lengthways,
free, blunt and naked at the base. Ovarium rounded,
five-celled, densely clothed with white hairs. Style stout,
cylindrical, clavate, pale green, twice as long as the ovarium.
Stigma undivided, truncate, minutely papillose.
This new and very beautiful variety of Fpigma was
raised by Mr. John Milne of the Albion Road Nursery, Stoke
Newington, whence our drawing was obtained in March last.
The flowers are considerably larger than those of the
white variety, and of a rich pink.
It is an abundant flowerer, and few plants are more
worthy of a place in the flower garden. It will require to
be grown in a border composed of peat, and to be treated as
other American plants. It may be multiplied by division.
The generic name alludes to the creeping habit of the
plant, and is compounded of cTTi, on, and yg, the earth.
D . Don.
1. Bractes. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid open, with the stamens.
4. Pistil.