obovate. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing
anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy
below, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed.
We suspect the present plant to be a hybrid production,
but it is quite impossible to trace its origin
with any certainty. It is most likely to have descended
from P. cucullatum mixed with one of the smaller species.
We recollect having seen it in the collections about
London for several years past; and before the modern
splendid kinds became so numerous, which have of
late been raised from seeds, this was esteemed as one
of the leading sorts. It is certainly a very pretty plant,
and an abundant bloomer; and continues in flower
till late in autumn, after most of the others of the
same section are overblown: this induced us to name
it P. serotinum in Messrs. Colvill’s catalogue •, but as it
has been already published by Professor Link in the
work above referred to, we willingly adopt his name.
It is a vei’y hardy greenhouse plant, and thrives well
in a mixture of loam and peat, or any light vegetable
mould; and cuttings root freely if placed in a shady
situation.