segments unequal, lanceolate, keeled, all reflexed when 
the flowers are expanded, thickly clothed with soft vil- 
lous hairs. Nectariferous tube short, a little flattened 
and keeled on each side, scarcely half the length of the 
calyx. Petals 5, the two uppermost shortest, nearly 
orbicular, concave, of a dark red colour, netted all 
over with faint black lines ; at the base, above the 
ungues, is a bright black spot, warted with little shin- 
ing tubercles ; lower petals obovate, white, frequently 
a little stained with red. Filaments 10, scarcely con- 
nected at the base, 5 only bearing anthers, 5 fertile 
ones recurvedly-spreading, sterile ones erect, short, 
the 2 upper ones rather longest. Pollen of a dark 
orange-colour. Germen and awns densely villous. 
Style purple, slightly hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, re- 
flexed. 
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the nursery 
of Messrs. Colvill and Son. We have thought it ex- 
pedient to separate it with some others into a distinct 
genus ; and have been kindly permitted by Mr. Lind- 
ley to adopt a name and character from his manu- 
scripts, as well as for some other distinct groups of this 
tribe. Mr. Lindley thinks the species which we men- 
tioned in our account of Pelargonium carinatum, may, 
with that, lay the foundation of another genus, which 
he proposes to name Campylia* ; and P. carinatum 
should be called Campylia carinata. 
This handsome plant is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, and is generally supposed to be difficult of culti- 
vation ; but it will grow and flower as freely as any of the 
tribe, if planted in an equal portion of loam, peat, and 
sand mixed together: the pots must be well drained with 
potsherds broken small, and care must be taken not 
to overwater it. Cuttings strike root freely, planted in 
pots in the same kind of soil, and placed in a sheltered 
situation. 
* Campylia. Pet. 5 inaequalia: duo superiora majora: ungues 
margine inferiore auriculati. Stam. 5 sterilia: duo superiora longiora 
hamata recurva. Lindley MSS. 
