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nated leaves, and pale purple or reddish flowers. It is a 

 native of Cyprus and Barbary, and now rather rare in col- 

 lections. 



DiMA^CRiA, or Pelargo^nium, sulphurea, sulphur- coloured 

 Dimacria, S. G. 163, a tuberous branching root, stemless^ 

 but with erect, pinnate, carrot-like leaves, and a head of 

 sulphur-coloured flowers. A hybrid of free growth, which 

 flowers abundantly, and ripens seeds. 



D. pinnata, wing-leaved Dimdcria, S. G. 46, B. M. 579, 

 a tuberous-rooted stemless perennial, with pinnate leaves, 

 and pale flowers streaked with red. It is a curious plant, 

 and requires to be grown in small pots, well drained, and in 

 equal parts of turfy loam, peat and sand. 



D, astragalifdlia, astragalus-leaved Dimacria, a tuberous 

 root crowned with clusters of leaves, ternate or unequally 

 pinnate, the flowers with long, narrow, yellowish petals, 

 marked with red. A handsome plant, flowering all the 

 summer, and bearing plenty of seeds. 



D. bipartita, forked-leaved Dimacria, S. G. 142, a tu- 

 berous root, stemless, but crowned with spreading, pinnate, 

 hairy, light-green leaves : the flowers a pale yellow or cream 

 colour, marked with red. A hybrid between a species of 

 this genus and one of Hdarea, a free grower and abundant 

 flowerer. 



Gera^nium NepaUnse, Nepal Crane's-bill, S. G. 12, a 

 herbaceous perennial, with procumbent, spreading, branchy 

 stems, cordate, five-lobed leaves, and small dark red flowers. 

 Introduced from Nepal in 1819. 



G. JValUchianum, Wallich's Crane's-bill, S. G. 90, a 

 perennial with spreading branches, trifid reticulately-veined 

 leaves, and fine deep-red striated flowers. The plant in- 

 troduced from Nepal, hardy, and probably fit to stand our 

 winters. 



G. pilosum, pointed-anthered Crane's-bill, S. G. 119, a 



