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 Pelargonium Bicolor. Two-Coloured 

 Crane's-Bill. 



Clafs and Order. 



MONADELPHIA HePTANDRIA. 



Generic CharatJer. 



Cal. 5-partitus : lacinia fuprema defmente in tubulum capil- 

 larem, nectariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 

 5-petala, irregularis. Filam. 10, inzequalia: quorum 3 

 (raro 5) caftrata. Fruclus 5-coccus, roftratus : rofira fpira- 

 lia, introrfum barbata. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



PELARGONIUM bicolor umbellis multifloris, foliis terna- 



tifidis lobatis dentatis undulatis villofis. 



L' Merit, n. 64. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. 



^.425. 

 GERANIUM bicolor. Jacq. Hort. 3. p. 23. /. 39- Cavatt. 



difs. 4. -p. 248. /. 111. /. 1. 



In every numerous tribe of plants, many of the fpecies ap- 

 proach fo near to each other, that there is much difficulty in 

 diftinguilhing them ; this objection cannot be urged againft 

 the prefent plant, which obvioufly differs from all the others 

 of the fame genus in the particular fhape of its leaves and the 

 colour of its bloffoms, the latter are ufually of a rich and very 

 dark purple edged with white, from whence we apprehend it 

 takes its name of bicolor ; the colours however are fcarcely 

 diftincl enough to juftify fuch a name. 



Mr. Aiton informs us in his Hort. Kew. that this very 

 ornamental fpecies was introduced in the year 1778, by John, 

 the late Earl of Bute, but of what country it is a native, does 

 not appear to be afcertained. , 



Our drawing was made from a plant in the collection 01 

 Meffrs. Grimwood and Co. Kenfington, with whom it flowers 

 from June to Auguft. 



It is not difpofed to ripen its feeds, nor is it very readily 

 increafed by cuttings. 



