covered with soft villous hairs. Nectariferous tube about 
three times the length of the calyx, slightly flattened, vil- 
lous. Corolla of 5 petals, all ob cordate, white ; in var. /3. 
each marked with a bright purple reniform spot ; the 
two back petals are also spotted at the base, with small 
spots of various forms of a lighter colour. Filaments 
10, united at the base, six bearing perfect anthers, not 
pentandrous, as described by Willdenow and Persoon : 
besides those, is a large spatulate filament, as in the 
others of this section; this also is often furnished with 
an anther. Pollen yellow. Style red, shorter than the 
stamens. Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
This fine species was first introduced to this country 
by A. P. Hove, Esq. who brought it with him from the 
south-west coast of. Africa, with , several other beauti- 
ful plants belonging to this family ; and we have been 
informed by him, that he there saw an innumerable 
variety of very curious plants belonging to this family, 
particularly to Pelargonium and Monsonia, many of 
them growing in sand, and others in the crevices of 
rocks, &c. The spotted-flowered variety is certainly 
one of the most desirable plants of the genus ; bat it 
still continues very scarce, being very difficult to pro- 
pagate. As it makes so few branches, there are 
scarcely any cuttings to spare ; the best way is, there- 
fore, to increase it by seeds, the flowers of which must be 
set with their own pollen to have them true. It may 
also be increased by cuttings of the root. The best 
soil for it is an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and 
sand, the same as recommended for others of this 
tribe; and it succeeds better on a dry shelf in the 
greenhouse in winter, than it does in the hothouse, as 
it grows stronger and flowers better ; but care must 
be taken not to overwater it when in a dormant state. 
Our drawing of the spotted variety was taken from 
a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and 
Milne, at Fulham ; the white variety flowered at t he 
Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in the King's Road, Chelsea. 
