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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
4.— PELARGONIUM QUINATUM Curt. THE FIVE-FINGERED PELARGONIUM. 
Synonymes. — Geranium praemorsum And/r . ; Jenkinsonia quinata 
Swt. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 547; Bot. Rep., t. 150; Sweet’s Ger., 
t. 79. 
Specific Character. — Stem shrubby, fle.xuous. Leaves pubescent. 
palmately five-cleft; lobes cuneated, three-toothed at the apex. 
Peduncles one or two-fiowered. Stamens pilose at the base. Nectar 
riferous tube twice the length of the large calyx. Superior petals 
emarginate. ((?. Don.) 
Desckiption, &c. — This veiy curious plant has large handsome flowers, though not at all like what we 
generally see on Pelargoniums, and the leaves are cut into five distinct finger-like lobes. The stem is very 
slender, and of a beautiful pink tinge. The species was raised from seeds imported from the Cape in 1793. 
The flowers are cream-coloured, the upper part being marked with dark simple veins. The plant forms a shrab 
from one to two feet high. 
SECT. IX.— CHORISMA. 
Description, &c. — There is only one plant hi this section, which was included by Sweet in the genus 
Jenkinsonia. The stems are square and fleshy ; and the stamens are joined into one long tube, which is jointed 
m the middle. The flowers are rather pretty, but the peculiarity of the plant is its square fleshy stem, which 
sometimes appears broad and flat, as if i\inged. Chorisma is from two Greek words signifying a separation, 
in allusion to two of the stamens being free and separate from the rest. 
SECT. X.— ISOPETALUM. 
Description, &c. — There are only two species in this division, and neither of them is remarkable for its 
beauty. Isopetalum is from the Greek, and signifies equal petals, the petals of the flowers being equal. 
SECT. XI.— CICONIUM. 
Sectional Character. — Petals five, two superior ones approximate, sboit, and narrow, or nearly equal between themselves. Stamens 
ten, seven or five of which bear anthers, two upper ones of these very short, three or five sterile. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this section are generally well known in gardens, and most of 
them have produced hybrids handsomer than the true species. The section is subdivided into those that have large 
oval petals, neaiiy equal in size, but with the upper two beautifully veined ; and those which have the petals all of 
one colour, as in the Common Scarlet Pelargonium. All the species are erect and shrubby. Ciconium is from 
ciconia, a stork, in allusion to the shape of the seed-vessels. 
Subsect. 1. — Petals sub-oval, nearly equal. 
P. LATETIITIUM Willd. 
This species has cordate five-lobed hairy leaves, and large umbels of brick-red flowers, which are produced in 
succession from May till September. The plant was raised in 1800, and it forms a shrub about two feet high. 
P. MALV^FOLIUM Jacq. 
A veiy handsome species, with the stem shrubby at the base. The petals are flesh-coloured, reticulated with 
darker veins. The nectariferous tube is scarcely to be perceived. The species was introduced in 1812. 
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