P. eriosepalon, villoso-pilosum, foliis cordatis acutis 3-5-
lobis rigidis inaequaliter acute dentatis, stipulis ovatis
acutis ciliatis, umbellis quadrifloris, calycibus villosis
reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subduplo breviore.
Stem frutescent, much branched: branches short, erect,
thickly clothed with long villous hairs, as is every other
part of the plant, except the petals. Leaves small, rigid,
cordate, acute, concave, 3 to 5-lobed, the lobes acute, and
toothed with numerous unequal small horny sharp teeth,
strongly nerved underneath, the nerves much branched. Petioles flattened on the upper side and convex on the
lower. Stipules ovate, acute, fringed with long woolly
hairs. Peduncles cylindrical, 4-flowered. Involucre of 6 lanceolate, acute bractes, often connected into two or
three sets at the base. Pedicles generally longer than the
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, villous, the segments long, lanceolate,
acute, the upper one broadest, erect or slightly reflexed
at the points, the others all reflexed. Petals 5, the two
upper ones broadly obovate, unequal-sided, of a bright lilac,
with a large velvetty patch in the centre, which covers
nearly half the petal, below that are several dark purple
lines ; lower petals oblong, rounded at the points, pale
lilac. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style purple, hairy at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas
5, purple, the points revolute.
This very pretty little plant is also of hybrid origin, and
was raised from the seed of P. limonium, in the collection
of Sir C. H. Rich, Bart, of Beenham-house, Reading, who