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MoNnADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic CharaZer. 
Monogyna. Stigmata 5. Fruus roftratus, 5-coccus. 
Specific Charaéter and § YONYINS 
GERANIUM revolutum pedunculis fubbifloris, foliis multi- 
fidis linearibus fcabris ad oras revolutis, caule 
arboreo. Facq. ic. 1393. colle. 1. p. 84. 
GERANIUM Radula. Cavanill. Diff. 4. p. 262. t. 101. f01- 
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This is one of the numerous tribe of Geraniums introduced 
from the Cape fince the time of Miiuier: it takes the name 
of Radula, which is the Latin term for a rafp or file, from the 
rough rafp-like furface of the leaves. 
There are two varieties of it, a major and a minor, which — 
keep pretty conftantly to their charaéters; and as this fpecics 
‘is readily raifed from feeds, it affords alfo many feminal 
varieties. = am 
Asa Botanift, defirous of feeing plants diftin& in their 
charagters, we could almoft wifh it were impoffible to raile 
thefe foreign Geraniums from feeds; for, without pretending 
to any extraordinary difcernment, we may venture to pro- 
phecy, that in a few years, from the multiplication of feminal : 
Varieties, {fpringing from feeds cafually, or perhaps purpofely 
impregnated with the pollen of different forts, fuch a crop — 
fpecies, or even regular varieties. é a 
Such as are partial to this tribe, will no doubt wifh t0 — 
have this fpecies in their-colle&ion; the bloffoms are pretty, 
and the foliage is fingular, but it remains but a fhort ume 
in flower. a 
It is readily propagated by cuttings. 
