Nectariferous tubea little longer than the calyx, flattened
on both sides. Petals 5, very much attenuated at
the base * the two upper ones broadly rounded at the
points very unequal-sided, attenuated from the middle
to the base of a light rosy lilac, more or less marked
with a bright purple patch in the centre and numerous
purple lines, that branch all over the p l f e and become
lighter towards the points: lower petals lighter of a
rnW lilac narrowly obovate or spatulate. Namens lu,
connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen_of a
dark orange-colour. Style flesh-coloured, thinly hairy
av tVip base the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, short,
o? a & r p P'e. — or r e v o lt at the
points.
Our drawing of this neat little bushy plant was
taken at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis ; itis a hybrid production
and appears to have originally been produced
between P. Beaufortianum and P . obtusilobum, or some
that is nearly related to these; it makes a neat bushy
plant and produces an abundance of flowers all the
Summer and till late in Autumn, if the overblown
flowers are taken off as soon as the petals Arop from
them • by this means, the whole of the tribe may be
continued in flower much longer, than by allowing the
overblown stalks to remain on them, till they drop off
^ ^ ^ it jg nearest related, the present plant
O r w e l l in anv rich light soil;Sak and young cuttings, X 7 the mh I the Greenhouse, will soon strike root.