They are continued under the clafs Monadelpbia, in which 
_ they now form three different orders, according to the number 
of their ftamina, viz. Pentandria, Heptandria, and Decandria. 
__ Ifthe principles of the Linnean fyftem had been ftriétly adhered 
to, they fhould perhaps have been feparated into different 
_ claffes; for though the Pelargonium is Monadelphous, the Ge- 
ranium is not fo; in confequence of this alteration, the Gera- 
nium peltatum and radula, figured in a former part of this 
work, muft now be called Pelargonium peltatum, and radula, 
and the Geranium Reichardt be an Erodium. 
The leaves of this plant have fomewhat the tafte of forrel, 
whence its name, it flowers during moft of the fummer, and 
_ \readily propagated by cuttings. Mr1LER mentions a variety 
of it with fearlet flowers. é 
It isa native of the Cape, and known to have been cultt- 
vated in Chelfea Garden, in the year 1724. 
