that branch all over the petals; lower ones oblong or
broadly ligulate, rounded at the points, of a light colour,
strongly nerved at the back, nerves branching. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers, that
are generally imperfect. Style purple, hairy below, and
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the points revolute.
The present handsome plant is of hybrid origin, and
was raised from seed by Mr. W. Smith, in the collection
of the late Earl of Liverpool, at CoombeWood, in 1827,
and flowered last year for the first time, when our drawing
was made. It is a very desirable plant, from its bright
colours being so strongly marked with dark velvet; it is
also of strong and free growth, and hardier than most of
its tribe, requiring nothing but protection from frost, to
save it through the Winter. We are not certain what
were its real parents, but it belongs to the tribe that is
intermediate between P. ignescens and the strong growing
sorts ; it succeeds well in any light rich sandy soil,
and the pots to be well drained, that the wet may pass
off readily, striking root freely from young cuttings
planted in pots in the same sort of soil, and placed on a
shelf in the Greenhouse.