Refugium Botanicum.] 
[Septemher, 1870. 
TAB. 219. 
Natural Order Gteraniace^. 
Tribe Pelargonie^. 
Genus Pelargonium, UHerit. 
Section Polyactium. 
P. GEiFOLiuM (E. Meyer in herh. Bregc). Radice tuberoso, caule brevi 
herbaceo, stipulis deltoideis, foliis breviter pubescentibus oblongis 
dimidio superiore profunde piniiatifidis, deorsum pinnatis, segmentis 
late lobatis irregukriter inciso-dentatis, pedunculis valde elongatis, 
umbelUs 9 — 15-floris, bracteis lanceolatis, calycis segmentis lineari- 
bus reflexis petalis flavis castaneo striatis oblanceolatis subsequalibus 
duplo brevioribus. — P. heracleifoliiim, Harv. Fl. Cap. i. p. 272, 
ecc parte. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Root oblong, tuberous. Stem short, herbaceous, thinty clothed 
with spreading gray hairs. Stipules deltoid, two to three lines 
deep. Loioer petioles four to six inches long, thinly hair}^ Leaves 
herbaceous, thinly clothed, especially beneath, with soft gray 
pubescence, oblong, the lower ones six to eight inches long, the 
upper half deeply pinnatifid, the lower lobes free, the broad 
segments irregularly toothed, the upper surface mid-green, the 
lower much paler. Peduncles erect, six to ten inches long, thinly 
clothed with soft spreading gray hairs. JJmhels nine- to fifteen- 
flowered. Bracts lanceolate, four to six lines long. Floivering 
pedicels, including the calyx-spur, twelve to eighteen lines long. 
Calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, four to five lines deep, reflexed 
when the flower expands. Petals twice the calyx-segments, 
oblanceolate, blunt, bright yellow, subequal, conspicuously 
veined with dark brown. Fertile filaments seven. 
Very near the last, with which Dr. Harvey unites it. 
Tab. 219. — 1, single flower, viewed from beneath, magnified. — J. G. B, 
This plant, when under the same treatment as recommended 
for P. heracleifolium, Tab. 218, flowers freely and grows strongly. 
Its yellow petals, all streaked with crimson-brown, give the plant 
a lively appearance when in flower. As remarked by Mr. Baker, 
this and the x)receding species are closely allied, but under culti- 
vation they keep their distinctive characters well. — W. W. S. 
