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rather succulent branching stem, with leaves slightly cordate, 

 deeply three-cleft, and many-nerved ; the flowers of a 

 deep scarlet, finely marked with black. It is a hybrid, apt 

 to lose its leaves in winter if not kept in a warm situation, 

 and dry : ' but in summer/ Mr. Sweet observes, * it grows 

 very luxuriantly^ and its flowers are much finer when 

 growing out in the open air : they are produced till late in 

 autumn.' Geran. 147. 



F EL \ RG d'mvM pdllens, cream-coloured Stork's-bill, S. G. 

 148, a suffruticose, short, succulent stem, with deeply three- 

 parted hairy leaves, and pale yellow flowers. A rare and 

 curious species, but not of difficult cultivation. 



P. verbenafdlium, vervain-leaved Stork's-bill, S. G. 149, 

 a shrubby, branching stem, with ternate, rough, hairy-leaves, 

 and small, narrow-petalled, pale-red flowers, marked with 

 darker red. A curious hybrid, and abundant bloomer, in- 

 troduced in collections for its singularity. 



P. Robinsdni, Robinson's Stork's-bill, S. G. 150, a shrubby, 

 erect stem, with very large leaves, four or five inches long, 

 and wide, cordate, acute, and undulate ; the flowers large, 

 pale, red-marked, with darker red blotches and veins. It 

 is a hybrid of robust growth, and prolific in bloom. 



P. atropurpureum, dark-purple Stork's-bill, S. G. 152, a 

 shrubby, branching stem, with cordate, acute, three-lobed 

 undulate leaves, and purple flowers, marked and veined 

 with darker purple. 



P. pyrithriifdlium, feverfew-leaved Stork's-bill, S. G. 

 153, a shrubby, much-branched stem, with palmately bipin- 

 natifid cordate leaves, and deep-red or scarlet-orange flow- 

 ers, marked with black. A curious hybrid, flowering finely 

 in autumn. 



P. Jenkinsdni, Mr. Jenkinson's Stork's-bill, or John Bull 

 Geranium, S. G. 154, a shrubby branching stem, with rigid, 

 roundly-cordate leaves, and pale- red, white, and very dark 



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