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PELARGONIUM TERNATUM. TERNATE 
_ Crane’s-BiL.. | 
Clafs and Order. 
MonapDeEcpuia. HEPTANDRIA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum ca- 
pillarem, ne€tariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 
5-petala, irregularis. Filam. 10, inequalia; quorum g (raro 5) 
caftrata, Fruétus 5-coccus, roftratus ; roftra fpiralia, introrfum 
barbata. L’Herit, Geran. = ; 
Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
GERANIUM ¢ernatum caule fruticofo hifpido, foliis oppo- 
_. fitis ternatis: foliolis cuneatis incifo-trifidis fer 
‘ . ratis feabris. Linn. Suppl. p. 306. Cavan. dif 
4.t. 107. f. 2. Soe ee 
This very diftin& {pecies of Pelargonium, a native of th 
_Cape, and which takes its name of ternatum from the form 
its leaves, has been added to our colle@ions of greenhoule 
plants within thefe few years, and of courfe is not enumerat 
in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Airon. — ius 
In the unufual roughnels of its ftalks, as well as in its whole 
habit, it differs very materially from the reft of the tribes or 
ie which are large and thewy, are produced in June: 
uly, ee 
It is raifed from cuttings without difficulty. Ce 
