much flattened on both sides and fuirowed. Petals 5^, 
two uppermost broadly obovate, of a blush colour in 
var. ^. stained with red in the middle, and elegantly 
painted with dark marks, in var. cc. much paler, and 
the lines less branched; lower petals pale blush with 
darker veins. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 
bearing anthers, which are incumbent, obtuse, but 
ending in a point. Pollen orange-coloured. Style 
hairy, purple. Stigmas 5, purple and revolute. 
Our drawing of this beautiful variety of P. elegans 
was taken from a fine specimen which we obtained at 
Sir R. C. Hoare's last May, where we saw several fine 
plants of it flowering in the greatest perfection ; it is a 
much finer variety than the old P. elegans of which we 
have given a single flower at the bottom of the figure to 
show the difference. 
This species seems to be intermediate between three 
of our sections; its flowers nearly approach what we call 
the true Pelargonia; in habit it is nearer to the section 
of P. carinatum, P. tricolor^ &c. and it is also related to 
the section of P. pulchellumj P. bicolor, &c.; perhaps 
with P. ovale it should form a distinct genus: it requires 
rather more than ordinary treatment to have it in per- 
fection; in the first place the pots should be well 
drained with potsherds, that the water may pass readily 
off*, as nothing is more injurious to it than too much 
wet, particularly when it is not in a growing state: the 
best soil for it is an equal quantity of sandy loam and 
peat. Cuttings root pretty freely, but they must have 
but little water till they have struck, or they are apt to 
rot. The readiest way of propagating it is by pieces 
of the root planted in a pot, with their tops just above 
the surface; these require but little moisture till they 
begin to grow, when they may be transplanted in small 
pots, and watered regularly. 
