different directions; 3 lower petals oblong, obtuse, dark
rose colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 only
bearing anthers. Pollen of a dark orange colour.
Germen downy. Style slightly hairy, purple. Stigmas
5, purple, reflexed.
This beautiful plant is known in many of our collections
by the title of the Duchess of Gloucester’s
Geranium: we have named it from stance of water dissolving the coltohuer coufr iiotsu sp ceitraclus,m a
circumstance which we first observed in a plant which
hanadd bheaevne woaftteerne d noovtiecre dt.h eI t flosiwuueres, inIn thpel agnrtese nohuotu soe,f doors, after a shower of rain, or watering over head:
we have likewise noticed the same effect in some
gortehee.r kiWndes soufp npeoasrel yi tt hteo sbaem oe fc ohlyoburrisd, bouritg iinn ,a pleesrsh adpes
between P. cucullatum, or P. angulosum, and some
oWthileldr eknionwd ;s Eitn ucmomereast ioth oef naneayr weset htaov eP s. eeeonc hdleesactruimbe do:f
it is a robust and free-growing plant, continues in
flower a great part of the year, and will thrive in any
tolerably good soil, or a mixture of loam and leaf
mould will suit it as well as any. Cuttings strike root
freely in the same kind of soil, and a common greenhouse
or light room is sufficient to protect it in winter,
when it should be watered sparingly.
The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs.
Colvill and Son, in the King’s Road, in September last.