of 5 petals, distinct or scarcely imbricate, roundly obo-
vate or obcordate, slightly concave, more or less cre-
nulate, of a bright pale yellow. Stamens numerous,
about the length of the style, scarcely half of them bearing
anthers : filaments slender, pale yellow, more or
less twisted, about 20 bearing anthers, sterile ones surrounding
the fertile ones, slender and more twisted,
having the appearance of fringe: pollen pale yellow.
Germen smooth. Style a little bent at the base, scarcely
thickenmg upwards. Stigma small, capitate, slightly
3-lobed, fimbriate.
This elegant little plant is a native of the South of
JMirope, and requires the protection of a Greenhouse in
Winter; but the more airy the situation is, in which it is
grown, the better it will thrive, as it is liable to damp
and lose its leaves if grown in too close a situation, or
crowded amongst other plants; its flowers are produced
Irom June to August, according to the situation in which
it is kept; they are of short duration, as the stamens so
' f£on com1e m with the stigma, which fertilizes
the capsule, and the petals are thrown off immediately;
but this may be prevented in part, by taking off the anthers
before they burst, the petals then remain on much
longer; the same rule is applicable to all other flowers,
many of which may be preserved for days or even weeks
longer, by divesting them of their anthers, and keeping
them m a close house where no insects can bring pollen
to them; we have known this circumstance for years
but we do not know that it has ever been published; we
j?£SerVed 11 . en we were attaching the pollen of
the different species of Pelargonium to the stigmas the
petals were almost immediately thrown off, whereas
others of the same sorts remained in flower many davs "
m a house that was kept shut up from the insects, and
where the pollen was not applied to the stigmas.
The present little plant succeeds well in a mixture
of sandy loam and peat, and is readily increased by
seeds, which should be sown early in Spring • or bv
cuttings, which strike root freely under hand-glasses
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr, Colvill, last Summer,