flattened on both sides and generally keeled, thickly
covered with short stiff hairs. Petals 5, or sometimes
6, wedge-shaped, of a pale scarlet colour; the two uppermost
smallest and converging with 2 dark lines, lower ones spreaadt inthge. bFaislaem, emnatsr k1e0d,
short and erect, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers
(or 8 in the 6-petalled flowers). Capsules hairy. Aristae
sSptiigraml,a sb e5a, rdreevdo ilnuwtea. rds. Style smooth, flesh-coloured.
it tNo obtwe itah sgtaennduiinnge thspee cniaems,e hoaf vthinisg pblaenetn, wcuel tbievlaietevde m the gardens of this country as far back as 1732.
It belongs to the same natural section as P. monstrum,
tNoo i.t , 1g3e, naenrdal liys loonsein go f ththee gtreenadteerr epsta rstp eocfi eists bleelaovnegsi nign-
Twhinet ebre, ste xscoeilp tf okre pitt ivs erayn derqyu, aal nmd iixnt uar ew aorfm t usriftyu altoioanm.
baen dw sealnl dyd rpaienaet,d , ort hdaetc atyheed wleeatv ems;a yth pea psso tsr emaduilsyt aolsffo.
oCfu sttoiinl,g sa nstdr iskeet firne eal ys hpaldayn tpeda rti no fp othtse ignr etheneh soaumsee. kind
ColvOilul ra nddra wSoinn gi nw Saesp tteamkebne ra lta stth.e nursery of Messrs.