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ovate obtuse leaves^ and pale red flowers. One of the largest- 

 flowered species of the genus. 



Campy^lia verhascifldra, mullein-leaved Campy^lia, S. G. 

 157, a sufFruticose stem, with roundly-oval obtuse leaves, and 

 pale red flowers. A handsome hybrid of the usual cul- 

 ture. 



Cico^NiuM, or Pelargo^nium, reticulatum, netted-veined 

 Ciconium, S. G. 143, a shrubby stem branching but little, 

 the leaves cordately uniform, obtusely five-lobed and strongly 

 marked with a zone ; the flowers of a fine deep scarlet, 

 veined with a darker colour. It is a hybrid from the com- 

 mon horse shoe Geranium {Ciconium zonule), and probably 

 C. Fothergllli, and is as hardy and prolific in flower as its 

 parents. 



C. cermum, wax-flowered Cicc^nium, S. G. 176, a shrubby 

 erect stem, with roundly uniform leaves, and deep red and 

 paler flowers, having an airy appearance. It is of a succu- 

 lent nature, and must not be over-watered : in other re- 

 spects it is quite hardy, and readily strikes from cuttings 

 placed in any sheltered situation. 



Ero'dium hymenddes, three-leaved Heron' s-bill, S. G. 

 23, B.M. 1174, a perennial with numerous stalks covered 

 with soft hairs ; the leaves opposite tern ate or deeply three- 

 lobed ; the flowers of a pale red, streaked with fine red 

 lines. It is a native of Barbary, and was introduced in 

 1789. 



E. incarnatum, flesh-coloured Heron's-bill, S. G. 94, 

 B. M. 261, a sufFruticose stem with few branches, and 

 rough, dark-green, glossy, cordate leaves ; the flowers flesh- 

 coloured, with a circle of deeper red and white near the 

 centre* A handsome and curious plant, introduced from the 

 Cape of Good Hope in 1787. 



E. crassifolium, hoary-leaved Heron's-bill, S. G. Ill, a 

 suffruticose branching stem, with pinnatified or deeply-laci- 



