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Tab. 5421. 

 PELARGONIUM Bowkeri. 



Mr. Boiokers Pelargonium. 



Nat. Ord. Geraniace.e. — Monadelphia Decandria. 



Gen. Char. Flores irregulares. Srpala 5, imbricate, basi connate, posticum in 

 calcar pedicello adnatum productum. Pdala 5, v. abortu pauciora, leviter pcri- 

 gyna, irabricata, 2 superiors exterior* inferioribus dissimilia, ad latera ealcaria v 

 pone ilium inserta. Glandula disci nullae. Stamina 10, hypogyna, basi connate 

 obliqua, 7 v. rarius 2-6 antlierifera, cetera ananthera v. rnmnienteria. Ovarium 

 5-lobum, 5-loculare, rostratura, rostro in stylum abeunte, ramis 5 tinearibua iu- 

 trorsum stigmatosis. Ovula in locuiis 2, ab angulo interno peudula, superposita 

 v. fere collateralia. Capsula lobi 5, 1-spermi, ab axi placentifero septifra^c de- 

 biscentes, caudis a basi ad apicein elastice revolutis. Semina exalbummosa • 



radicula supera in cotyledones planas v. flexuoso-plicatas incumbens. Herbs 



svffrutices v. frutices, glabra vel pubescentes, scepe viscoso-odorata, nunc carnosee 

 Folia opposUa v. rarius alterna, Integra, dentata, lobata v. varie dissecta, stipu- 

 fata. Pedunculi axillares, oppositifolii, alares v. radicales, umbellatim 2-za-Jlori 

 vel rarius 1-flori. Bent/t. and Rook. 



Pelargonium (§ Polyactium) Botckeri; radice nodoso-tuberosa, canle brevi 

 carnoso, foliis subradicalibus petiolatis bi-tri-phmatipartitis, pinnis in 

 racbide valde elongato suboppositis alternisve numerosis, pinnnlis lineari- 

 filiformibus integerrimis tenuiter adpresse pubescentibus ; stipulis laneeo- 

 latis acuminatis, scapo foliis longiori patentim puberulo, umbella tuultiflora, 

 pedicellis bracteas oblongas villosas parum superanlibus, pctalis profunde 

 bilobis, lobis fimbriato-multifidis. 



Pelargonium Bowkeri. Hart. Fl. Cap. Suppl. v. 2. p. 592 ; and Thesaur. Cap. 

 , v. 2. p. 14. t. 121. 



Our first knowledge of this very interesting species of Pelar- 

 gonium is through Dr. Harvey's valuable Flora of the Cape 

 Colony, Caffraria, and Port Natal ; and it was soon after figured 

 in the ' Thesaurus Capensis.' It is a native of Trans-Kei coun- 

 try, of rare occurrence, detected by H. Bowker, Esq., who, to- 

 gether with Mrs. Bowker, are eminent contributors towards the 

 perfection of the South African flora. Nearly about the same 

 time it was collected by Mr. Cooper, then collector for W. \\ ilson 

 Saunders, Esq., from whom we received the plant here figured. 



JANUARY 1ST, 1864. 



