with a bright red spot in the centre, and below it are 
3 or 4 small red lines ; lower petals rather smaller and 
more spatulate, straw-coloured. Filaments 10, united 
at the base, 5 bearing anthers, the two lower ones 
much longer than the others. Pollen yellow. Germen 
villous. Style very short, hairy, and curved upwards. 
Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
This handsome plant, which has often been con- 
founded with D. pinnata, is as distinct from it as any of 
this group well can be ; though that is a very variable 
plant, particularly in the colour of the flowers. Since 
we published the variety that is figured at No. 46, we 
have seen others that are much handsomer ; one with a 
milk-white flower marked with red spots, another with 
a pale rose-coloured flower with a beautiful large crim- 
son spot in the centre, and several other varieties. If 
the figure of Mr. Andrews's Geranium pinnatum (Bot. 
Rep. 311) is correct, it certainly is a very different 
species from either of the above, and may be named 
Dimacnafoliolosa. It is represented with from 30 to 40 
leaflets on one leaf, and much narrower petals than 
D. pinnata. 
Our drawing was taken from a plant at the nursery 
of Messrs. Colvill, where it was covered with flowers 
all the summer and ripened plenty of seeds. Like the 
others of the tuberous-rooted species, it thrives best in 
an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, with 
plenty of small potsherds at the bottom of the pot. 
After it has done blowing and has ripened seed, it 
should be kept quite dry, till it shows an inclination 
to grow again; it should then be planted in fresh 
mould, and a little water given it when quite dry, 
and as it grows it may be shifted into a larger pot. It 
mav be increased by the little tubers from the old 
root; but the better way is by seeds, which ripen 
plentifully. 
