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stem, with cordate, reniform, slightly lobed leaves, and dark 

 red flowers marked with black blotches and lines. It is a 

 beautiful plant, rather tender, and suffering more from too 

 much wet than from cold. 



P. flatten, or Potter's Scarlet. A shrub with a rather 

 succulent branching stem, and leaves slightly cordate, deeply 

 three cleft, and many nerved ; the flowers are of a deep scar- 

 let, finely marked with black. It is apt to lose its foliage in 

 winter if not kept in a warm and dry situation ; but in sum- 

 mer, as Mr. Sweet observes, it grows very luxuriantly, and 

 its flowers are much finer when growing out in the open air, 

 and continue to expand till late in autumn. 



P. robinsoni, or Robinson's. This forms an erect stem, 

 with very large leaves four or five inches long and wide, cor- 

 date, acute, and undulate ; the flowers are large, pale red, 

 with marked blotches and veins of a darker red. It is of ro- 

 bust growth, and prolific in its flowers. 



P.jcnJrinsoni, or Mr.Jenkinson'a. This is also called at 

 London the John Bull Geranium. The stem is branching, 

 with rigid, roundly cordate leaves, and pnle red, white, and 

 very dark purplish red flowers. It is an elegant free grow- 

 ing plant, and blooms profusely. 



P. crenulatum^ or Crenulatcd Leaved. This has an erect 

 stem, but little branched ; the leaves are large, reniform, and 

 notched with small rounded teeth ; the flowers are large, of 

 a purplish red, shaded and veined with darker colours. 



P. murrayanum, or Lady Murray's. An erect branching 

 stem, with large broad cordate leaves, and fine red flowers 

 marked with darker red or brown. It is a handsome strong 

 plant, flowers abundantly, and continues to bloom the greater 

 part of the year. 



P. tomentosum, or Pefifiermint Scented. This is often 

 called in this country Velvet Leaved, but in England it is 

 also called Pennyroyal Scented, which title is here applied 

 to a very different one. The present species has a shrubby 

 thick succulent stem, much branched, and is of rather 

 straggling growth ; the leaves are cordate, five lobed, and 

 have the softness of velvet to the touch; the flowers white 

 and purple, and of small size. It has bten long in cultiva- 

 tion, and is an original species, obtained from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



P.fragrans, or Nutmeg Scented. This has an erect stem, 

 very much branched, but the shoots are all of moderate 

 thickness, and form a neat and bushy plant of medium size;, 



