tariferous tube variable in length, of a purplish brown co¬ 
lour, 3 to 5 times longer than the calyx, flattened and fur¬ 
rowed on both sides, and gibbous at the base, thickly clo¬ 
thed with spreading short hairs, that are all tipped with a 
little globular gland. Petals 5, roundly obovate, of a bright 
scarlet; the two upper ones rather smallest, two nerved at 
the back, the nerves branching: lower ones strongly 2-ner- 
ved at the base, which branch in small veins all over the 
petals. Filaments 10, erect, connected at the base, 7 bear¬ 
ing anthers, two upper ones very short: pollen granular, 
orange-coloured. Style short, naked, pale-coloured. Stig¬ 
mas 5, pale red, fimbriate, reflexed. 
The present plant is an old inhabitant of our Green¬ 
houses, and we believe it to be an original species ; it was 
figured in Mr. Andrews’s Monograph of Geraniums many 
years back, as a variety of C. crenatum, but a comparison 
with our figure of that species will readily show the diffe¬ 
rence ; it is known in collections by the different names of 
the Bentinclc Geranium , the Cape Scarlet, Bath Scar¬ 
let, and some other names, some of which may be slight va¬ 
rieties of it, but not sufficiently so, as to deserve notice; 
there are several other very distinct species of this genus that 
have hitherto remained unnoticed in any publication, or have 
been confused with others. 
Our drawing was made last Autumn, from a plant in the 
collection of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq. It is rather more ten¬ 
der than some others of the tribe, being apt to lose many of 
its leaves in Winter, if it is kept in too cool a situation; and 
being of rather a succulent nature, it requires very little water 
in Winter; a light rich soil suits it best, and cuttings root 
readily, either in a frame, or in pots placed on a shelf in 
the Greenhouse. 
