with a bright red spot in the centre, and below it are
3 or 4 small red lines ; lower petals rather smaller and
more spatulate, straw-coloured. Filaments 10, united
at the base, 5 bearing anthers, the two lower ones
much longer than the others. Pollen yellow. Germen
villous. Style very short, hairy, and curved upwards.
Stigmas 5, red, reflexed.
This handsome plant, which has often been confounded
with D. pinnata, is as distinct from it as any of
this group well can b e ; though that is a very variable
plant, particularly in the colour of the flowers. Since
we published the variety that is figured at No. 46, we
have seen others that are much handsomer; one with a
milk-white flower marked with red spots, another with
a pale rose-coloured flower with a beautiful large crimson
spot in the centre, and several other varieties. If
the figure of Mr. Andrews’s Geranium pinnatum (Bot.
Rep. 311) is correct, it certainly is a very different
species from either of the above, and may be named
Dimacriafoliolosa. It is represented with from 30 to 40
leaflets on one leaf, and much narrower petals than
D. pinnata.
Our drawing was taken from a plant at the nursery
of Messrs. Colvill, where it was covered with flowers
all the summer and ripened plenty of seeds. Like the
others of the tuberous-rooted species, it'thrives best in
an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, with
plenty of small potsherds at the bottom of the pot.
After it has done blowing and has ripened seed, it
should be kept quite dry, till it shows an inclination
to grow again ; it should then be planted in fi esh
mould, and a little water given it when quite dry,
and as it grows it may be shifted into a larger pot. It
may be increased by the little tubers from the old
root; but the better way is by seeds, which ripen
plentifully.