petals oblong, of an elegant blush, 4-nerved at the back,
stained with rose-colour down the centre. Filaments 10,
connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen orange-
coloured. Style pale red, clothed with a few spreading
hairs at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark
purple, spreading, the points reflexed or revolute.
This handsome and delicate flowering plant is a
hybrid production, and was raised from seed at the
Nursery of Mr. W. Russell, of Battersea; but from what
parents it was produced, we have not ascertained; but
from its habit, it must have originated between one of
the large red-flowered sorts, and one of the small-leaved
light-flowered ones, as its leaves are very small, considering
the size of the flowers. It appears to be of free
growth, and thrives well in a mixture of light turfy loam,
peat, and sand, or any other light sandy soil, and young
cuttings, planted in pots in the same sort of soil, and
placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse, will root readily.
We have named it in compliment to Lady Gordon
Cumming, a great admirer of this handsome family, and
a lady much attached to the science of Botany.