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Pelargonium Betulinum. Birch-leav'd 

 Crane's-Bill. 



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Oafs and Order. 



MONADELPHIA HePTANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus : lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capilla- 

 rem ne&ariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 

 5-petala, irregularis. Filamenta 10, inaequalia: quorum 3 

 (raro 5) caftrata. Fruftus 5 -coccus, roltratus : loftra fpi- 

 ralia, introrfum barbata. L' Herit. Geran. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



PELARGONIUM betulinum umbellis paucifloris, foliisovatis 

 inaequaliter ferratis laevigatas. L' Herit> 

 n. 84. 



GERANIUM betulinum calycibus monophyllis, foliis ovatis 

 inaequaliter ferratis planis, caule fruticofo- 

 Linn. Sp. PI. p. 946. Burm. Ger. 38. 



GERANIUM fruticofum, betulae folio, africanum. Rati Suppl- 

 5i3- 



Though long fince defcribed, we have been in pofleflion of 

 this fpecies of Crane's-Bill but a few years; it is one of the 

 many new ones introduced by Mr. Mas son from the Cape, 

 and at the fame time one of the mofl defirable, as its blofibms 

 which are ornamental, are freely produced during moftof the 

 fummer, and the plant itfelf is readily propagated by cuttings. 



The flowers vary confiderably, both in fize, and colour; m 

 foliage is different from that of molt others, and, as its name 

 imports, like that of the Birch-Tree. 



It requires the fame treatment as mofl other Green-Houfc 

 Plants. 



