

66 THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
4,—PELARGONIUM QUINATUM Curt. THE FIVE-FINGERED PELARGONIUM. 
Synonymes.—Geranium premorsum Ands.; Jenkinsonia quinata | palmately five-cleft; lobes cuneated, three-toothed at the apex. 
Sut. Peduncles one or two-flowered. Stamens pilose at the base. Necta- 
Eneravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 547; Bot. Rep., t. 150; Sweet's Ger., | riferous tube twice the length of the large calyx. Superior petals 
toms oe emarginate. (G, Don.) 
Spreciric Cuaracter.—Stem shrubby, flexuous. Leaves pubescent, 
Description, &c.—This very 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 1798. 
The flowers are cream-coloured, the upper part being marked with dark simple veins. The plant forms a shrub 
from one to two feet high. 
SECT. Ix.—CHORISMA. 
Description, &c.—There is only one plant in 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 
in 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 winged. Chorisma is from two Greek words signifying a separation, 
in allusion to two of the stamens being free and separate from the rest. 
SHCT. X.—ISOPETALUM. 
Description, &c.—There are only two species in this division, and neither of them is remarkable for its 
beauty. Jsopetalum is from the Greek, and signifies equal petals, the petals of the flowers being equal. 
SECT. XI.—CICONIUM. 
Sectionat Cuaracter.—Petals five, two superior ones approximate, short, 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. (G. Don.) 
Duscription, &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, nearly 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 
ciconta, a stork, in allusion to the shape of the seed-vessels. 
Sussecor. 1.—Petals sub-oval, nearly equal. 
P. LATERITIUM 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. MALVAFOLIUM Jacq. 
A very 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. 





