light blush colour. Filaments 10, united at the base,
7 bearing anthers. Pollen of a dark orange colour.
Germen villous. Style pale purple, hairy on the lower
part and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed.
We have no doubt hut this plant is of hybrid origin,
and one of its parents is certainly P. cordatum, but the
other is not so easily determined. The flowers which
it produces in spring are very small, and their anthers
always imperfect: but as the season advances, the
flowers increase in size and colour, so that in autumn
they are very pretty, and of the size represented in our
figure, in which the anthers are all perfect. It also
bears an abundance of bloom, which continues to expand
in succession all the summer. It may be ranked
amongst those of middle stature, not near so strong a
grower as P. cordatum. A mixture of turfy loam and
peat, or any rich vegetable mould, will suit it very
well; and it is as hardy as any of the genus. Cuttings
soon strike root if placed in a sheltered situation.
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant in the
magnificent collection of Robert H. Jenkinson, Esq.
where it was known by the name of P. cordatum (3. to-
mentosum.