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PeLarconium RenirorMe. Kipney- 
- . Leav’p Crane’s-Bitt. 
- edesesessesesletk shakeskeslesk ahi aiseaiae 
Cla/s and Order. — 
~Monaverexia HEepranpDRia, 
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Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 5-partitus: Jacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capil- 
larem, neclariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor, 
 B-petala irregularis. Fél. 10 inequalia’: quorum g (rdro 5) 
caftrata. Frué/us 5-coccus, roftratus: roftra fpiralia, intror- 
_ fum barbata. 
oe Specific Charader. ee 
PELARGONIUM vreniforme caule fruticofo: ramis fuperne — 
incraffatis, foliis reniformibus, umbellis 
— fubquadrifloris. ‘ 
This is one of the rareft of the Geranium tribe with fo 
‘many fpecies of which our greenhoufes, and even our halls and 
windows, are now decorated. It has appeared in feveral gar- 
dens about the metropolis for thefe two years paft, and was, — 
probably, firft raifed from feeds fent from the Cape to the 
Royal Garden, at Kew, a fource from whence the beauties of — 
Flora are fpread with a bountiful hand through the nation. : 
It is known in moft of the nurferies by the name which we © 
have adopted, but has not, we believe, been hitherto defcribed 
orfigured, _ oa. 
_ The beft mode of cultivating this plant is by fowing its feeds, _ 
either in the {pring or autumn, in a mixture of peat-earth and — 
loam, as it is not eafily increafed either by cuttings or by 
parting its roots. <i ee is ee. 
Defcr.—Stalk from two to three feet or more in height, woody, 
towards the tops of the young branches remarkably thickened; 
Leaves alternate, ftanding on footftalks, reniform, crenated, — 
flightly fragrant ; Flowers in an umbel from two to four; Petals 
five, nearly equal, very bright purple, the two uppermoft 
marked at the bafe with dark {pots or ftreaks, the three lower- 
moft but little fo; Peduncles upright, villous, with a joint 
near the bafe; Calyces having four of the leaves reflexed, one 
upright when the flower is open; Stamens five perfe&t ; Anthers 
‘of a pale purple colour. <i 
