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MAHERNIA PINNATA. WINGED MAHERNIAg 
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Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic CharaGer. 
Cal. 5-dentatus. Petala 5- Neéarias obcordata, filamens 
tis fuppofita. Cap/. 5-locularis. 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 
MAHERNIA pinnata, foliis tripartito pinnatifidis. Lin. Sy/. 
Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 308. Ait. Kew. v. 1. 
oe P- 398. | | 
cuaigoe eater tripartitis, media pinnatifida. Linn. Sp. 
; - €d. 3. D. 943. 
HERMANNIA frutefcens, folio multifido tenui, caule rubro. 
Boerb, Lugd. 1. p- 273. 
Linnavus, in his Spec. Pi. regarded this plant as a fpecies 
of Hermannia; finding afterwards that it differed ‘materially = 
in its fruétification from that genus, he made a new one of it 
in his Mantiffa, by the name of Mabernia ; ftill, however, the 
two genera are very nearly related: one principal difference 
confifts in the netaria of the Mabernia, which are very Te 
markable. : ee 
This fpecies was introduced from the’ Cape, where it isa a 
native, by Mr. Masson, in 1774, and is now very generally 
met with in our green-houfes. It produces its little bells, of 
a lively red. when they firft open, from June to Auguft, or 
September ; is a fall delicate plant, and’ eafily raifed from 
cuttings, 
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