with short lines of the same colour: lower petals oblong
or inclining to obovate, veined ments at the back. Fila
10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen dark orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy nearly
all its length. Stigmas 5, long, spreading, dark purple,
revolute at the points.
The present plant is of hybrid origin, and was
raised from seed at the Nursery of Mrs. More, Kmg s-
road, Chelsea, where our drawing was made last Summer
; it is of strong growth; and when covered with its
large handsome flowers, it makes a fine appearance,
thriving well in a strong rich soil, and producing abundance
of its showy flowers all the Summer; it is also
very hardy, requiring nothing but to be protected from
frost; so that it will succeed well in a common Greenhouse,
or the window of a light room in Winter, watering
it only when quite dry. Cuttings, planted in pots,
in Spring or Summer, and placed in a shady situation,
will soon strike root.
