wanting,) about 3 times shorter than the calyx. Petals 5, 
nearly equal, the 2 upper ones rather largest, (sometimes 
increased to 6 or 7,) roundly obovate, of a light rose or 
pink, the upper ones marked with a bright violet spot, 
from which to the base are 2 forked dark purple lines, that 
are slightly branched : lower petals faintly striped. Sta- 
mens 10, erect, connected at the base, 5 to 7 bearing 
anthers, sometimes more in the many-petaled flowers. 
St^le short, pale, all over hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, about 
the length of the style, reflexed. 
This plant is an old inhabitant of our green-houses, 
where it has generally passed under the name of the Oxford 
Geranium, having, we believe, been first raised from seed 
at the Botanical Garden at Oxford. We have no doubt 
but it is a hybrid production, and one of its parents must 
have been P. quercifolium, but what the other was is not 
so easily ascertained ; we suspect it might be P. adulteri- 
num; it varies with 5 to 10 petals, and also very much in 
the number of its stamens, according to the strength of 
the plant ; the stamens are generally sterile, another cir- 
cumstance indicative of its hybrid origin. We suppose the 
name of P. oxaloides, by which it is commonly known by 
the German gardeners, has originated from a confusion of 
P. oxoniense, by which name they most probably received 
it from this country. It is a pretty little snug growing 
bushy plant, and produces abundance of bloom when 
grown well, succeeding best in light rich soil, and the pots 
well drained, as it is very liable to suff'er from too much 
moisture. Cuttings of it strike root readily, if planted in 
pots, and placed on a shelf in the green-house. 
Our drawing was taken last Summer, from a plant 
sent us by Mr. William Smith, from the collection of the 
Earl of Liverpool, Coombe-wood. 
