colour, ligulate, spreading. Filaments 10, united at the
base, 7 bearing anthers. Style purple, hairy below, and
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, spreading, reflexed
at the points.
Our drawing of this beautiful plant was made last
Summer, from one in the collection of R. H. Jenkinson,
Esq. where it was raised from a seed of P. incomparabile
that had been fertilized by one of the P. ignescens tribe,
and it partakes in an equal degree of both, the dark colour
being produced from the female parent, and the scarlet
from the male. It is a handsome growing bushy plant,
producing abundance of flowers all the Summer and
Autumn, and thriving well in a light sandy soil; from all
its nearest relatives it is readily distinguished by its
curled leaves, the lobes of which are plaited or imbricate
over each other, so that it is well deserving a place in
every collection of Geraniaceae. Young cuttings, planted
in pots in a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, and
placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse, will strike root
readily.