276 GERANIACE# (Harv.) [ Pelargonium. 
teral segments broadly cuneate, 3-lobed and cut, the terminal oblong, 
pinnatifid and lobulate; stipules broadly cordate, acute; peduncles 
branched ; calyx-tube much swollen at base and in the throat, thrice 
as long as the pedicel, the segments linear, obtuse, softly hairy ; petals 
obovate, scarlet, DC. Prod. 1. p. 663. Dill. Ellth. t. 130. fe 137. Car 
Diss. t. 116. f. 2. Sw. Ger.t.69. E.§Z.! 519. Zey. 1 193. G. tectum, 
~ Thunb. ! Cap. p. 525, fide Herb. Holm. ! 
“Sou Ha, Cult. in England, since 1732. Sandy ground : near Saldanha Bey, E. § Z./ 
_| » Between Langvalley and Heerelogement, Clanw. Drege! Zeyher! (Herb. Hook. 
“P-/5%  Sond., Banks. , 
An old inhabitant of conservatories, though not now so frequently met with as 
formerly. It is a free flowerer, and one of the parents of many beautiful hybrids. 
Flowers brilliant scarlet, with black lines. Garden specimens are much more gla- 
brous, with thinner leaves than wild ones. 
60. P. gibbosum (Willd. Sp. 3. p. 684); stem shrubby, succulent, 
much swollen at the distant nodes; leaves glaucous, and nearly gla- 
brous, pinnati-partite, the segments in 1-2 pair with a terminal, the 
lowest petiolate, all broadly cuneate, cut or lobed; stipules small, ovate- 
acuminate, membranous ; pedicels very short ; calyx-tube thrice as 
long as the villous and pubescent, linear-lanceolate segments ; petals 
obovate, greenish yellow. DC. Prod. t. p. 662. Su. Ger. t.61. E. & Z. ! 
520. Cav. Diss. t. 109.f. 1. Burm. Afr. t. 37. f. 2- 
Has. Introduced 1712 to England from the Cape. Riedvalley and False Bay, 
Cape, EF. & Z.! Oliphant’s River, Zeyher! (Herb. Benth., Sond.). 
The “ Gouty-Geranium ” of English greenhouses. The nodes of the long, strag- 
gling stems are 5-6 inches apart, and conspicuously swollen ; the bark is pale, 
smooth and glaucous. A few spreading hairs are scattered here and there ; in other 
respects the plant is nearly smooth. It is a well marked and easily recognized 
species. 
*#** Leaves crowded on a short stem, or sub-radical. Petals entire. Stipules subu- 
late, acuminate, rigid. (Sp. 61-63.) 
with a large spot zy segments. Umbels nae Petals 
62. P. Zeyheri (Har ); radical ares oa lor i J 
«. +. Zeyheri (Harv. lica . ng petioles capillaceo- 
_multi-partite, bi-ti-pinnate, the pine and pinnules petiolulate, fili- 
| pita tig! Co ges Slender, channelled above, almost quite glabrous ; 
Bos _Suoilese, much acuminate, rigid, pubescent ; scape 
