the length of the style, and two as long as the style.
Style flesh-coloured, hairy at the base and smooth
upwards. Stigmas 5, reflexed.
This very rare and curious species was communicated
to us by Sir R. C. Hoare, in whose magnificent
collection we observed several plants of it in fine
bloom, in the month of May 1820. Before that time,
we were fearful that it had quite disappeared from all
the collections of this country, as in Mr. Andrews’s
account of it, it is stated to be one of a numerous
tribe that would exist but a short time in our greenhouses
; but we have very little doubt but the plants
now cultivated by Sir Richard, or cuttings from them,
have been kept alive ever since Mr. Andrews s figure
was published. We find not the least difficulty in their
cultivation or propagation, nor indeed in any of the
other species that were supposed so difficult to cultivate.
The small figure at the bottom of Mr. Andrews s plate,
given as a different variety, we suspect to be nothing
more than a very weak plant of the present with an
imperfect flower. We find it succeed very well in a
warm part of the greenhouse, planted in small pots in
an equal portion of turfy loam, peat, and sand, watering
it only when quite dry, and not at all when in a
dormant state. Cuttings strike root readily, but they
must remain quite dry when first planted till the wound
is dried up ; they may then be watered regularly, and
they will soon strike root.