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-PELARGONIUM CRASSICAULE. THICK- 
«STALKED Crane’s-Bi.t. 
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Clafs and Order. 
MoNADELPHIA HEPTANDRIA. ~ 
~ Generic Charafer. : Es gee 
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Specific CharaGer and Syne . mn 
mofo levi. L’Herit. er 
Amidft that 1 ariety of appearance obfér able in : the plants 
of this extenfive family, feveral are diftinguifhed by having 
ftalks remarkably thick, and flefhy ; from which circumftance 
tne preicat {peciae Das Hees named by Monf. L’Heririern, 4 
the firft defcriber of it, crafficaule ; it is not lefs obvioufly =~ 
diftinguifhed by its fingularly fhaped plaited leaves of a filvery — 
hue; its bloffoms are white, with a few minute purple dots 
at the bafe of the petals, and, in the original fpecies, not very ee 
beautiful, but in. the variety here figured, ftrikingly fo; for . — 
the petals are not only of a confiderable fize, but on the 
Pent 
middle of each there is a {pot of the richeft purple, which = 
appearing on le sac pureft white, produces the finet 
imaginable effet. - = 
The Pelargonium crafficaule was firft difcovered by Mr. Ant. 
Hove, onthe fouth-weft coaft of Africa, and was introducedto 4 
the Royal Garden at Kew* in 1786; the variety here figured — s 
was firft poffeffed by Mefirs, Grimwoop and Co. Kenfington. 
_ It requires a drier and warmer fituation than the green- 
houfe ufually affords; flowers in June and July, is of flow 
growth, and propagated by cuttings, but with difficulty ; it~ 
rarely ripens its feeds, and if it were raifed from them, the. 
fame beautiful variety might not be produced, — Si 
* ~ Ait. Hort. Kew. 
