striped with numerous dark velvetty purple branching lines,
and strongly veined at the back : lower petals of a red lilac,
strongly 4-veined, the veins branched. Filaments 10, ascending,
connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen
orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy nearly all its length.
Stigmas 5, dark purple, spreading, the points reflexed or
revolute.
This fine plant is of hybrid origin, and was raised from
seed at the Nursery of Mrs. More, in the King’s-road,
where our drawing was made in May last; it very frequently
bears four and five lower petals to its flowers, so
that it has a tendency to become double; we cannot ascertain
what were its parents, but there is no doubt but it came
from the tribe to which P. macranthon belongs, and is
nearly related to it, in all but the colour of its flowers; it is
of very strong growth, and of easy culture, requiring only
to be protected from frost, and thriving well in a rich light
soil; young cuttings root freely, planted in pots, and placed
on a shelf in the Greenhouse, or in any sheltered shady
situation.