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 bear- 

 ing anthers : filaments slender, pale yellow, more or 

 less twisted, about 20 bearing anthers, sterile ones sur- 

 rounding 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 

 thickening upwards. Stigma small, capitate, slightly 

 3-lobed, fimbriate. 



This elegant little plant is a native of the South of 

 Europe, 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 

 from June to August, according to the situation in which 

 it is kept ; they are of short duration, as the stamens so 

 soon come in contact 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 an- 

 thers 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 in 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 

 first observed it when 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 days, 

 in 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 by 

 cuttings, which strike root freely under hand-glasses. 

 Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, last Summer. 



