XXXIX, 
PELARGONIUM PULCHELLUM. 
Neat Pelargonium. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem Generis, vide sub No. 23. 
@ Acaulia: radice rapiformi: filamentis § sterilibus. 
P. foliis pinnatifidis, laciniis 3-5-lobis: pedicellis brevissimis: calycibus ventricosulis, viscidulo- 
‘pubescentibus: petalis spatulatis, inferioribus angustis, 
Sponte nascentem in Promontorio Cap, legit J. Niven. 
Floret apud nos Junio, Julio. 
The tuberous rooted Pelargoniums from the Cape of Good Hope, are so numerous and distinct 
in their habit, that it is greatly to be wished some character could be found to separate them asa 
genus. In every flower of the specimen of that now figured which I examined, the An 
were persistent, not falling off soon after shedding their pollen as in most other Pelargoniums : 
but whether this circumstance is peculiar to the whole section, or even constant in this one species, 
I have not yet had an opportunity of ascertaining. It seems allied to Mr. Kennedy’s Roseum, 
well figured in the Botanical Repository, andthe Calyx being considerably swelled at the base 
may perhaps distinguish it from that andsome others: to give a good specific character however 
im such a genus requires more time than I can now spare. Introduced by G. Hibbert, Esq. in 
1800, and knownin our nurseries by the name of the Advertised Geranium. 
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
i. Anupper Petal magnified. 
2. A Flower stript of its Petals. 
