coloured. Style pale-coloured, clothed below with long
spreading hairs, the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, bright
red, reflexed, or revolute at the points.
The plant from which our drawing was made, we received,
with several others, from the collection of Mr. W.
Masters, Nurseryman and Florist, St. Peter’s Street, Canterbury,
where it was raised from seed by his son, Mr. G.
C. Masters, from the seed of P. aurantiacum, that had
been fertilized by the pollen of P. ignescens; he has, also,
succeeded in raising many other fine hybrids, some of which
we intend to publish in some future numbers.
The present subject appears to be of free growth, and
an abundant flowerer, and the brilliancy of its colours is
scarcely to be surpassed; like the tribe to which it belongs,
it requires a light sandy soil, and care must be taken not to
over-water it in Winter. Young cuttings, planted in pots,
in Spring or Summer, and placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse,
will soon strike root.
