This curious plant is a hybrid production, and one
of its parents we suspect to be P. lineatum: the other
must be one of a larger tribe ; but what it really was,
is at present unknown to us.
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant, in the
collection of Robert H. Jenkinson, Esq. where it was
raised from seed, and continues covered with its elegant
flowers nearly all the summer. It also makes a
snug bushy plant if managed well, not being of so
luxuriant growth as many others; and is therefore better
adapted for a small greenhouse. It thrives well in a
mixture of light turfy loam and peat, or any other
light vegetable mould; and cuttings soon strike root,
if planted in pots and placed in a sheltered situation.
