slightly united at the base, 5 only bearing anthers : the two 
lower filaments double the length of the upper one. Style 
short. Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
This pretty and very distinct species is readily distin¬ 
guished from all others by its calyx, which is densely clo¬ 
thed with long white hairs; it is without doubt the Pelar¬ 
gonium ciliatum of Jacquin, the P. auriculatum of Will- 
denow and others, but very different from P. ciliatum of 
L’Heritier; it varies with white and blush-coloured flowers. 
Our drawing was made from plants in flower at the 
Nursery of Mr. J. Lee, at Hammersmith, who had lately 
received them and several other curious tuberous-rooted 
species from the Cape; like the other species to which it 
is nearest related, it succeeds best in a mixture of light 
turfy loam, peat, and sand, and may be increased by the 
tubers of its roots. If planted out in a border of light soil, 
in the same way as recommended for several others of the 
same nature, it will succeed very well, and will continue to 
flower nearly all the Summer; but the roots must be taken 
up in Auttimn, and preserved out of the reach of frost until 
the following Spring, the same as the others to which we 
have already alluded. 
