PELARGONIUM formosurn.
Variegated-flowered Stork's-bill.
V. formosum, umbellis muitifloris subpaniculatis, foliis
rotundato-cordatis undulatis concavis rigidis simpliciter
denticulatis subtus multinerviis, stipulis
cordato-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis inferis ob-
ovatis.
Pelargonium formosum. Hort. Sub. Land. p. 151. «. 81.
Geranium formosum. Andrews's geran. c. ic.
Stem, shrubby, branching; branches rigid, rather
flexuose, of a purplish colour and thickly covered with
short soft hairs. Leaves roundly cordate, undulate
concave, rigid, covered on both sides with short soft
hairs, and simply toothed with short rigid teeth. Petioles
widely flattened and channelled on the upper side
and convex on the lower, downy. Stipules cordately
lanceolate, taper-pointed and fringed. Peduncles growing
in panicles, many-flowered. Involucre of several
widely lanceolate, concave, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles
longer than the nectariferous tube, villous.
Calyx 5-cleft, segments straight, concave, lanceolate
acuminate, thickly covered with soft white hairs. Petals
5, obovate, obtuse, the two uppermost largest, of
a reddish lilac variegated with white, and from the base
branch numerous purple lines ; lower petals of a light
lilac. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing angers.
Germen villous. Style reddish, very hairy.
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed.
We suspect that this plant is a hybrid production
and was first raised at the Nursery of Messrs. ColvilL
It is not easy to trace its origin, but it seems to be