Coccinea Pictorum

Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, vol.3, pl.269: The Flower, about 10 cm across, is full, regular, of clear cherry-red carmine. The petals in 9-10 rows are rounded, ample, not numerous, in a cup-shape, almost entire; those of the centre are fewer, regularly placed, but imbricated. The corolla is a perfectly round rosette, sometimes regularly imbricated; the petals at the centre, inserted on the slant, varied. Raised by Dr. Sacco, Milan, Italy from seed. Ortho­graphic error: ‘Coccinia Pictorum’.