PELARGO'N [UM INOPINA'TUM. 
willmore’s surprise. 
Class. 
MONADELPHIA. 
Natural Order. 
GRAMINACE^E. 
Order. 
HEPTANDRIA. 
Garden 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Raised 
origin. 
18 inches. 
June, Sep. 
Perennial- 
in 1850. 
No. 1241. 
The name, Pelargonium, has been explained under 
No. 1156. Our younger readers should be re- 
minded that formerly Pelargoniums, Geraniums, 
and Erodiums, constituted one genus. This was 
divided on account of the different number of 
stamens found in the species thus combined ; an 
explanation of which is given at length under the 
number above referred to. It will be readily be- 
lieved, that a great desire also, existed amongst 
botanists, to divide so cumbrous a genus as 
Geranium, which contained a heterogenious col- 
lection of nearly five hundred species. The specific 
name, inopinatum, is adopted as indicative of the 
surprise excited by its discovery. 
The plant now figured presents some anomalies 
found neither in one or other of the above genera. 
Independently of its botanical interest, it possesses 
so showy a character, that the florist will un- 
doubtedly be anxious to obtain it for bedding out 
in the summer. Its brilliancy of colour, which is 
an uniform rich crimson, as well as its compact habit, 
well adapt it to such use. 
It was found, as stated in the Gardener’s Chro- 
