veins, which are rather prominent, are of a dull, pale green colour,
slightly tinged ivith brown on the upper side.
The flower buds are very freely produced, and stand well, unless the
plants are kept too warm, which is apt to occasion the buds to drop
before expansion. They are at first much pointed, and of a deep green
colour, with but little pubescence; aftenvards they change to a roundish
oval foi-m, and become of a yellowish green. The in n e r scales, which
are thin, and nearly round, are occasionally striped with red.
The flowers, which seldom exceed two, or two and a half inches in
diameter, are similar in their appearance to those of the double-striped,
represented a t folio 6. They aré, however, far more regularly formed,
and consist of a greater number of petals. Those next the circumference
of the flower are almost round, and generally measure about
three-fourths of an inch in diameter. They expand quite flat, and
ultimately are a little recurved a t the edges. Towards the centre, which
IS considerably elevated, the petals gradiially diminish in size, and are
disposed with much less regularity than near the circumference of the
flower; some of them are twisted, b u t the greater number may be said
to be plain, and of a narrow, roundish-oblong form. In many instances
we remarked th a t a few of the narrowest more resembled stamens than
petals, from their being only partly transformed, and baying a yellowish
tip, apparently the remains o f the anther. The usual colour of the
flower is a mixture of red and white, of which the former is the most
predominant, and is somewhat paler than th a t of the double-striped.
Like th a t variety it is subject to vary, and will sometimes produce
flowers of a pale red colour, with only a few irregular blotches o f white
on some of the outer petals.