velvetty patch in the centre, and numerous lines below
it, that branch all over the petals, and are lightest towards
the margin: lower petals lighter in colour, with
two or three darker veins towards the base. Filaments
10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers; pollen
orange-coloured. Style purple, slightly hairy at the base,
and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the points
revolute.
The present subject is also a hybrid production, and
was raised from seed at the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, and
from a plant communicated by him the present figure
was made last Summer: from its hollow leaves, and the
colour of the flowers, we believe it must have been produced
between one of the P . cucullatum tribe, and one
of the lobed-leaved red flowering sorts: it is of free
growth, and an abundant bloomer, and thrives well in a
light sandy soil, the pots to be well drained that the
moisture may pass off readily, giving it but little water
in Winter, but an abundance in Summer, when flowering
and growing freely. Young cuttings, planted in pots
in the same sort of soil, in Spring or Summer, and placed
in a shady situation, will soon strike root.