double the size of the others, very unequal sided, of a
pale salmon colour,veined with darker veins; in the centre
is a dark velvetty spot, below which are numerous
dark lines, more or less branched : lower petals oblongly
obovate, slightly crenulate, of a pale flesh colour, very
much veined with darker veins. Filaments 10, connected
at the base, 7bearing perfect anthers: pollen dark orange-
coloured. Style purple, nearly smooth, or bearing only
two or three hairs. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the points
more or less reflexed.
The present plant is a hybrid production, and was
raised at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, from a seed of P. malachra;folium, which, as we are informed by M. J.
Robinson, was sown by him, in the month of August,
1828, so that it soon produced its flowers, haying been
in bloom a good part of the Summer, and continued till
late in Autumn; its other parent was doubtless one oi
the sorts related to P. macranthon, as it is intermediate
between the two subdivisions ; it appears to be of free
growth, and an abundant flowerer, and thrives well in
a rich light soil; and young cuttings, planted in pots in
the same sort of soil, will soon strike root.
Our drawing was made from a plant sent to us from
the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, in September last.