Pelargonium Glutinosum

The leaves of this species exhibit, on being touched, a manifest viscidity, or clamminess, which, independent of their shape, serves to characterize the species, the middle of the leaf is also in general stained with purple, which adds considerably to its beauty, but this must be regarded rather as the mark of a variety, than of the species.With most of its congeners, it is a native of the Cape, and of modern date in this country, being introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Messrs. Kennedy and Lee, in the year 1777.It flowers from May to September, is readily propagated by cuttings, and sometimes raised from seeds, from whence several varieties have been produced.