bractes, clothed with short hairs. Calyx 5-cleft, clothed
with a short woolly pubescence: segments lanceolate,
acute, keeled: upper and lower ones broadest, erect,
tube the others slightly reflexed at the points. Nectariferous
variable in length, generally about the length of
the calyx, but sometimes longer, at other times shorter,
much Petals flattened on both sides, and gibbous at the base. 5; the two upper ones broadly obovate, rounded
at the end, a little undulate, slightly crenulate, unequal
sided, of a light red, or salmon-coloured, with a dark
velvetty patch in the centre, below which are two white
veins to the base, from thence branch numerous dark
lines, that extend a great way over the petals: lower
petals narrower, obovate, of rather a lighter colour, two-
veined laments from the base, rather uneven at the points. Fi
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style
pale purple, smooth throughout, or only with a hair or
two at the base. Stigmas 5, dark purple, fimbriate on
the upper side, their points revolute.
Our drawing of this pretty sort was made last Summer,
from a plant in the collection of R. H. Jenkinson,
Esq., where it was raised from seed; it is of hybrid
origin; the plant that produced the seed was P. varii-
folium; it had been fertilized by one of the smoother-
leaved and larger-flowering sorts, but the exact kind is
not at present known; being a handsome and free
grower, and an abundant bloomer, makes it a very desirable
plant, thriving well in a rich, light, sandy soil;
or a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and fine sand, will suit it
very well, and it will continue to flower all the Summer
g.nd till late in Autumn, if the overblown flower-stalks
are kept cut off regularly, young wood will then be constantly
pushed forth, bearing other flowers; the greater
part of the different sorts may be made to continue a
great length of time in flower by that means; young
cuttings, planted in pots, and placed on a shelf in the
Greenhouse, will soon strike root.