This pretty little plant is an old inhabitant of our col- 
lections ; it is amongst one of the first plants that we can 
recollect ; but when it was introduced, or from where, is 
now not easy to be ascertained, as it does not appear to 
have been taken notice of in any botanical publication with 
which we are acquainted ; it is more tender than the rest 
of the tribe to which it belongs, and requires to be kept in 
a good greenhouse to have it in health ; and as it is of a 
succulent habit, it requires very little water in Winter ; for 
if it happens to get too much, it will soon throw off its 
leaves, and will not be easily recovered ; when in good 
health, and covered with its neat little round flowers, it 
makes a pretty appearance, and is the more desirable by 
being so very different in flower from all others ; a mixture 
of turfy loam, peat, and sand, is a very proper soil for it; 
and the pots must be well drained with potsherds, that the 
wet may pass off readily. Cuttings root freely, planted 
in pots in the same sort of soil, and placed on a shelf in 
the greenhouse. 
Our drawing was taken in September last, from a plant 
that was raised from a cutting, kindly sent to us by Sir 
R. C. Hoare, from his magnificent collection of Gerani- 
aceae at Stourhead, and who observed that it was well de- 
serving a figure, on account of its singularity. 
