broadest, oblong, obtuse, erect, the others linear, and
reflexed at the points; all keeled at the back, bearded
at the points, and clothed with a soft silky pubescence. Petals 5, all more or less reflexed; the two upper ones
broadest, roundly obovate, of a bright scarlet, nearly
covered with velvet, but retaining the bright edge; lower
ones narrower, but of nearly the same shape and colour.
Filaments 10, connected at the base, 5 bearing-
perfect anthers, and 2 imperfect, and 3 without anthers,
one of them a large spathulate one, so that it belongs
to our section Monospatalla. Style pale blush, clothed
with short hairs all its length. Stigmas 5, flesh-coloured,
spreading, papillose, the points reflexed.
Our drawing of this very distinct and handsome
plant, was taken in September last, at the Nursery of
Mr. Colvill, in the King’s Road, Chelsea, where it was
raised from seed. It may readily be distinguished from
all its congeners by its knotted stem, as well as by other
distinctions; it is the produce of P. multiradiatum, that
had been fertilized by P .jlexuosum; the habit of the plant
and foliage partakes mostly of the former parent, but
the knotted stem and colour of the flowers, is produced
by the latter; it thrives well in an equal mixture of turfy
loam, peat,. and sand, with the pots well drained, that
the moisture may pass off readily ; it will then continue
to flower all the latter part of Summer and Autumn,
after many of the other sorts are overblown, which makes
it the more desirable. Young cuttings, planted in pots,
in the same sort of soil, will strike root readily; it may
also be increased by pieees of the tuberous roots.