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Geranium Peltatum. Ivy-Leaved 
Geranium. 
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Clafs and Order . 
Monadelphia Decandria. 
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Generic CharaUtr . 
Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. FruEtus roftratus, 5-coccus, 
Specific Char after. 
GERANIUM peltatum calycibus monophyllis, foliis quinque- 
lobis integerrimis glabris fubpeltatis, caule fru- 
ticofo. Linn. Syfi. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 613- , 
GERANIUM africanum, foliis inferioribus afari, fuperioribus j 
ftaphidifagriae maculatis fplendentibus et acetote 
fapore. Comm. Fred. 52. t. 2. 
A native of Africa, as are mod of our fhewy Geraniums, u 
not fo tender as many others, and may be propagated very 
readily from cuttings. 
A leaf, having its foot-ftalk inferted into the difk or middle 
part of it, or near it, is called by Linnaeus, peltatum, hence 
the Latin trivial name of this plant. It may be obferved, 
however, that fome of the leaves have this chara&er m° re 
perfe&ly than others. 
The African Geraniums differ much from the European, 
in the irregularity of their Petals, but exhibit the chara&er oi 
the Clafs Monadelphia much better than any of our Engld 
ones, having their filaments manifeftly united into one body , 
this fpecies has only 7 filaments bearing antherae, but 3 barren 
ones may be difeovered upon a careful examination, whi c 
makes it of the order Decandria. 
