This very handsome plant is a hybrid production, and
was raised from seed at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, where
our drawing was made in August last; it is most probably
the produce of V.fulgidum, or of some one nearly related;
it is also allied to P. laxiflorum, but is a very distinct and
a very elegant plant, and produces a great abundance of
flowers. We have named it in compliment to Mr. G.
Charlwood, an assiduous Botanist, and a great promoter
of the science.
Like the rest of the tribe to which the present plant is
related, it succeeds best in a light sandy soil, and requires
but little water in Winter; the pots must also be well
drained, that the wet may pass off readily; young cuttings,
planted in pots, and placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse,
will root freely.
