slightly fringed: upper one erect, ovate, concave: the others 
oblongly lanceolate, acute, spreading, their margins mem¬ 
branaceous. Nectariferous tube shorter than the calyx. 
Petals 5, ovate, obtuse; the upper ones rather broadest, 
eared and curled on the unguis, white, marked near the 
base with several linear red spots or short lines : lower ones 
quite white, or slightly tinged with blush. Filaments 10, 
all connected at the base, every other one bearing anthers. 
Germen and aristae densely clothed with woolly hairs. 
Style short, red, hairy at the base. Stigmas 5, purple, 
spreading. 
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this fine plant, 
we are obliged to Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart, who was so kind 
as to send us a fine specimen of it in full bloom, from his 
extensive collection of Geraniaceae at Stourhead, in March 
last. It is one of the most succulent species of the genus, 
and requires to be grown in a light sandy soil, and to have 
but little water given it, when not in a free growing state, 
and the pots should be well drained with potsherds broken 
small, that the water may pass off readily. Cuttings of it 
root freely, if laid by a few days before planting, to dry up 
the wound; it is otherwise very liable to rot. 
As the present species is rather more tender than some 
others of the tribe, it requires to be kept in the warmest 
part of a good Greenhouse in Winter, particularly as it is 
a very early bloomer, and the blossoms will be liable to 
get blighted and drop off, if kept in too cold a situation. 
