go Geraniacea Pelargoniiim. 



1. P. Inquinans (fig. 58). Scarlet Pelargonium. This is 

 the most important species, and the basis of nearly all the best 



Fig. 58. Pelargonium inquinans. (J nat. size.) 



varieties in cultivation. The habit of the plant as well as the 

 form of the petals of this is superior to that of the following. 

 Naturally it is an undershrub with large reniform green in- 

 distinctly zoned leaves, rather soft to the touch, and exhaling 

 when rubbed an aromatic odour which is unpleasant to some 

 persons. The petals are broad, bright scarlet, and the flowers 

 produced in large umbels 15 to 30 together. The varieties 

 include every tint of scarlet, pink, rose, salmon, and cream, 

 to pure white, with many magnificent double ones. 



2. P. zonale (fig. 59). Zonal Pelargonium. A smaller 

 species than the preceding, "having the leaves strongly zoned, 

 and the petals much narrower, of a deep carmine. Most of 

 the better varieties, showing the characteristics of this species, 



