Petals 5, spreading, the two upper ones largest, wedge-
shaped, of a light scarlet, marked with faint lines, and white
at the base: three lower ones cuneately ligulate, of rather
a darker scarlet, marked with two confluent dark velvetty
lines. Filaments 10, united at the base, one of them inclining
to be spathulate, as in the section Monospatalla,
7 bearing perfect anthers: pollen bright yellow. Style pale
red, hairy at the base, and smooth bright red, reflexed. upwards. Stiqmas 5,
This very distinct and pretty plant is of hybrid origin,
and is the produce of P. pulchellum that had been mixed
with the pollen of P .fulgidum; it was raised from seed in
the collection of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq. the year before last,
arJ^0_ur drawing was taken in April last, when it was covered
with its elegant blossoms; the habit of the plant partakes
most of P. fulgidum, but the large stipules are those of
P. pulchellum ; the flowers and mode of flowering is intermediate;
it will be a very desirable plant for small collections,
at it does not require a large pot; like the other succulent
species, it thrives well in a mixture of light turfy loam,
peat, and sand, requiring but little water in Winter, and the
pot in which it is grown to be well drained. Cuttings will
root Greenhouse.
readily, planted in pots, and placed on a shelf in the In the second volume of Persoon’s Synopsis, p. 226
and 227, Pelargonium pictum has been twice inserted, and
referred to Andrews’s repository, t. 160, and t. 168; the
same mistake is continued, and copied into various other
publications; amongst the others, into M.Decandolle’s Pro-
dromus, where it is ranked as two distinct species; whereas
tchheerlel uism only one figured by Andrews, at 1.168 ; the P. pul
of us, and of the Botanical Magazine: t. 160 of
Andrews represents Aristea major. {Aristea capitata of Botanical Magazine.)