Refugium Botanicun.| (September, 1869. 
TAB. 149. 
Natural Order GERANIACEZ. 
Tribe PELARGONIEZ. 
Genus Penarconium, L’ Herit. 
Section EumMorRpPHA. 
P. rissum (Baker). Caule herbaceo ramoso adpresse strigilloso, bracteis 
magnis, late ovatis, foliis rotundato-reniformibus ezonatis utrinque 
primum inconspicue adpresse strigillosis mox calvatis, ultra medium 
palmatisectis sinubus apertis, umbellus 4—5 floris, petalis equali- 
bus emaculatis calyce paullulum longioribus. 
A native of Cape Colony, gathered long ago by Burchell, and 
imported recently in a living state by Mr. Cooper. 
General habit entirely that of P. alchemilloides, but the bracts 
larger, broad-ovate; the hairs of the stem and peduncles few and 
not at all spreading, and consequently quite inconspicuous ; the 
leaves thinly hairy on both sides when young, but becoming nearly 
or quite glabrous when mature, more deeply cut down, and the 
sinuses open and the teeth of the lobes sharper and deeper; the 
sepals the same shape and length, but less silky on the back; the 
petals subequal, a pale pinkish hue without dots or streaks, and 
all of them slightly exceeding the calyx. 
Tab. 149.—1, front view of flower, magnified —J. G. B. 
Another species of Pelargonium of little floral merit, requiring 
the same soil and treatment as P. alchenulloides. It was sent to 
me from South Africa by Mr. T. Cooper, and keeps constant to 
the characters assigned after several years’ cultivation.—W. W.S. 
