Petals 5, Spreading, the two upper ones largest, wedge- 
shaped, of a light scarlet, marked with faint lines, and white 
at the base: three lower ones cuneately ligulate, of rather 
a darker scarlet, marked with two confluent dark velvetty 
lines. Filaments 10, united at the base, one of them in¬ 
clining to be spathulate, as in the section Monospatalla , 
7 bearing perfect anthers: pollen bright yellow. Style pale 
red, hairy at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, 
bright red, reflexed. 
This very distinct and pretty plant is of hybrid origin, 
and is the produce of P. pulchellum that had been mixed 
with the pollen of P fulgidum; it was raised from seed in 
the collection of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq. the year before last, 
and our drawing was taken in April last, when it was covered 
with its elegant blossoms; the habit of the plant partakes 
most of V. fulgidum, but the large stipules are those of 
P. pulchellum ; the flowers and mode of flowering is inter¬ 
mediate ; it will be a very desirable plant for small collec¬ 
tions, at it does not require a large pot; like the other suc¬ 
culent species, it thrives well in a mixture of light turfy loam, 
peat, and sand, requiring but little water in Winter, and the 
pot in which it is grown to be w'ell drained. Cuttings will 
root readily, planted in pots, and placed on a shelf in the 
Greenhouse. 
In the second volume of Persoon’s Synopsis, p. 9,9,6 
and 997, Pelargoniumpictum has been twice inserted, and 
referred to Andrews’s repository, t. 160, and t. 168 ; the 
same mistake is continued, and copied into various other 
publications; amongst the others, into M.Decandolle’s Pro- 
dromus, where it is ranked as two distinct species; whereas 
there is only one figured by Andrews, at 1.168 ; the V. pul¬ 
chellum of us, and of the Botanical Magazine: t. 160 of 
Andrews represents Aristea major. (Aristea capitata of 
Botanical Magazine.) 
