double. The outer ones are slightly concave, and upwards of an inch
ill diameter. The in n e r are similar to the others, b u t proportionally
smaller. All of them are deeply veined, and so remarkable for their
roundness, as to give the flowers a peculiar character, by which the
variety may be readily distinguished.
It is fig-ured in Loddiges’s Botanical Cabinet, under the name of
Cocciiiea. We have adopted th e one given to it by Mr. Allnutt, as being
the name by which it is most generally known in collections about
London.