purple, hairy nearly all its length. Stigmas 5, dark
purple, revolute at the points.
Our drawing of the present curious plant, was taken
last Summer, from a specimen communicated by L.
Weltje, Esq. of Hammersmith, in whose collection it
was raised from seed: it is a hybrid production, and
appears to be intermediate between P . Barringtonii or
some nearly related sort, and one of the smaller growing
sorts, perhaps one related to P . capitatum; the
greatest curiosity belonging to it is its flowers being
more or less double, owing to its stamens being turned
into petals, in which it much resembles P. Veitchianum,
published in our last Number: it is of free growth, an
abundant bloomer, and, with proper management, may
be kept in flower from April, till late in Autumn; by
keeping the flower-stems cut off as soon as they are
overblown; it succeeds well in any rich light soil; and
cuttings, planted in pots, in Spring or Summer, strike
root readily.
