in length, shorter than the segments of the calyx, sometimes
not above half the length, much flattened on each
side and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, of a bright red.
the two upper ones broadest, obovate, unequal-sided,
with a large dark velvetty patch in the centre, and numerous
dark lines between that and the base, that are
much branched : lower petals oblong, strongly three-
nerved. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing
anthers, which are often imperfect. Style purple, smooth
all its length. Stigmas 5, dark purple, very long and
spreading, the points more or less reflexed or revolute.
The present beautiful plant is also of hybrid origin,
and was raised from seed by L. Weltje, Esq. of Hammersmith,
in whose splendid collection our drawing
was made last month; and is named by him in compliment
to Lady Peyton, a lady much attached to this
tribe of plants; it is impossible to speak with certainty
of its parents, which were doubtless themselves both
hybrids: the present is certainly a very brilliant flowering
plant, and produces a great abundance of bloom,
continuing to flower successively all the Summer, and
coming into bloom very early in Spring, which makes
it the more desirable. A light sandy soil is the most
preferable for it, and the pots to be well drained, that
the wet may pass off readily, being careful that it does
not get sodden with water in Winter, as nothing is
more injurious than too much moisture in Winter to the
tribe to which it belongs; young cuttings, planted in
pots in a light sandy soil, and placed on a shelf in the
Greenhouse, will soon strike root.