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PELARGONIUM scintillans. 
Sparkling Siork's-bilL 
P. scintillans, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cuneatis ovatis 
insequaliter dentatis incisisve, caule flexuoso ad- 
scendente : geniculis tumidis. 
Pelargonium scintillans. Hoare MSS. 
Slem shrubby, very much branched ; branches flex- 
uose, ascending, of a purplish colour and swelled at the 
joints; thickly covered with short hairs. Leaves wedge- 
shaped, or sometimes cordate, slightly 5-lobed, deeply 
and unequally toothed with blunt rounded teeth; 
thickly covered on both sides with a short soft pu- 
bescence. Petioles about twice the length of the leaf, 
slightly furrowed on the upper side, downy. Stipules 
widely lanceolate, taper-pointed, and ciUate. Umbels 
4 to 6 flowered. Peduncles thickened at the base, 
very hairy. Involucre generally of 6 bractes; bractes 
lanceolate, concave, acute, very hairy. Pedicles longer 
than the nectariferous tube, downy. Cali/x of 5 lanceo- 
late acute segments. Nectariferous tube hardly as long 
as the calyx, flattened on both sides, downy. Petals 5, 
2 uppermost ovate, of a pale scarlet, with a forked 
white mark at the base, from which branch short dark 
stripes; lower petals oblong, obtuse, of a lighter colour 
with darker veins. Filaments 10 united at the base, 7 
only bearing anthers, which are seldom or never per- 
fect. Germen very hairy. Style hairy and green on 
the lower part, and red and smooth above. Stigmas 5, 
purple and revolute. 
We have lately had the pleasure of visiting the 
superb and well-managed collection of Geraniaceas be- 
