spreading, becoming longer and broader as they approach
the circumference, varying from half an inch to an inch in
length, attenuated towards the base, the margins reñexed
glossy, glabrous, the ground of a pale cream colour, suffused
with" a rich purple. Ovaria numerous, copiously silky.
Styles short, silky. Stigmas oblong, oblique, obtuse, glabrous,
marked with a furrow on the anterior side. Torus scarcely
one-fourth of an inch long.
Our drawing of this splendid variety was taken irom a
plant which flowered in the collection of Messrs. Osborn and
Son, at Fulham, in June last. The plant is one of the valuable
additions made to our collections by Dr. Siebold, by whom
it was introduced from Japan, of which interesting country
he is now engaged in the publication of a complete account
of the history, social state, and natural productions.
The present plant appears to have been regarded as a distinct
species, but after a most careful comparison with the
ordinary form of C. florida, we are satisfied of its being only a
variety of that highly ornamental species. The leaves and
branches are rather more hairy, and the petals are suflused
with violet spots. No plant, however, possesses s tro n ^ r
claims to a place in the flower garden, from its graceful habit,
and from the size and beauty of its blossoms.
The plant thrives best in a mixture of peat and loam, and
is increased by layers.
For the meaning of the generic name, see tol.
D . Don.