than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments oblong,
obtuse, keeled at the back, and terminated by a short
mucrone; upper one broadest, erect; the others all reflexed
. Nectariferous tube about twice the length of the
calyx, flattened and keeled on each side. Petals 5,
narrowly obovate ; the upper ones broadest and bifid,
stained with purple on a blush ground, very much veined
below the middle, the veins much branched and entangled
one amongst the other: lower petals more or
less jagged at the ends, rather narrower than the upper
ones, and not reticulately veined at the base. Filaments
10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers, which in
our specimen were all sterile. Style short, pale blush,
hairy all its length. Stigmas 5, nearly so long as the
style, bright purple, the points reflexed.
The beautiful plant from which our drawing was
taken, was sent to us by the kindness of Mr. Chandler,
at whose Nursery, in the Wandsworth-road, Vauxhall,
it was raised from seed; the seed was produced from a
plant o fP . quinquevulnerum, that had most probably
been fertilized by the pollen of P. triste, or some nearly
related species, as the habit of the plant indicates. It is
certainly the most elegant and distinct sort that we have
seen raised for some time, and will, without doubt, be
in much demand; the curious jagged petals give it a
very curious appearance, which would almost lead us to
believe that it was somewhat related to P . schizopetalum ;
like the rest of the tribe to which it belongs, it requires
to be grown in a light sandy soil, and nothing would
suit it better than an equal quantity of light turfy loam,
peat, and sand; but as it produces but few branches,
it will not soon become plentiful, except it produces
little tubers to its roots, which it probably m ay; if so,
they will readily become young plants; the cuttings
will, without doubt, strike root freely, by planting them
in pots, in the same sort of soil, and placing them on
a shelf in the Greenhouse.