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PELARGONIUM TETRAGONUM. SQUARE 
- S§TALKED GERANIUM. 
Clafs and Order. : 
. MonapDELtpu1aA HEPTANDRIA, 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal..5-partitus, lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capilla- 
rem, nectariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 
§-petala, irregularis. Filamenfa 10, inequalia: quorum 3 
{raro 5) caftrata. Fruéfus 5-coccus, roftratus: rofra {pira- 
~ jia, introrfum barbata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PELARGONIUM ‘¢etragonum pedunculis bifloris, ramis te- 
tragonis carnofis, corollis tetrapetalis. 
L’Herit. n. 72. t. 23. 
GERANIUM fetragonum. Linn. Suppl. p. 305- 
jniaigaiagins 
A vein of fingularity runs through the whole of this plant, — 
its ftatks are unequally and obtufely quadrangular, fometimes 
more evidently triangular; its leaves few, and remarkably 
fmall; its flowers, on the contrary, are uncommonly large, 
and what is more extraordinary have only four petals ; 
previous to their expanfion they exhibit alfo an appearance 
fomewhat outré, the body of the filaments being bent fo as 
to form a kind of bow, in which ftate we have reprefented 
one of the bloffoms in our figure. | : 
When it flowers in perfeétion, which it is not apt to do in 
all places, the largenefs of its bloffoms renders it one of the 
moft ornamental of the genus. 
There is a variety of it with beautifully coloured leaves,’ 
of which we have availed ourfelves in its reprefentation. 
It flowers from June, to Auguft, and September; requires — 
the fame treatment as the more common Geraniums, and 1s 
readily propagated by cuttings. 
Was firft introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, by ; 
Mr. Masson, in 1774, from the Cape, of which it 1s # 
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native. Ait. Hort. Kew. 
