90 Geranacee—Lclargonium. 
1. P. taquinans (fig. 58). Scarlet Pelargonium.—This is 
he most important species, and the basis of nearly all the best 
Fig, 68. Pelargonium inquinans. (4 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, 
