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Pelargonium Pulchellum. Nonesuch 

 Pelargonium or CraneVBill. 



C/a/5 - <2»<^ Order. 



MoNADELPHIA HePTANDRIA. 



Generic Charaflcr. 



CaL 5-partitus : lacinfa fuprema defmente in tubulum capiU 

 larem nedariferum fecus pedanculum decurrentem. Cor. 

 5 petala irregularis. Filament a 10 inaequalia : quorum 3 

 (raro 5} caftrata. Fruclus 5-coccus roltratus : roftra fpiralia: 

 introrfum barhata. 



Specific Charatler. 



PELARGONIUM ■pulchellum; fubacaule, fcapo divifo, foliis 

 oblongis lobato-pinnatifidis, petiolis alatis. 



For this hitherto undefcribed fpecies of Pelargonium we 

 are indebted to Mr. Alderman Hibbert, in whofe garden at 

 ^'apham-Common the choiceft gifts of Flora are cultivated 

 °n a mod magnificent fcale. Not lefs with a view to the 

 promotion of the fcience of Botany, than the gratification of 

 «*M own tafte and the infuring a fupply of rare plants, this 

 gentleman was induced, at his own expence, to fend a collector 

 *° me Cape of Good Hope, who, amongft many others, fent 

 norne this beautiful one, which flowered in the (love at Clapham 

 m April laft. It is particularly diftinguifhed from all its con- 

 geners by the winged footftalks; thel'e wings are of a more 

 nrm and rigid texture than the reft of the leaf, and as this 

 penfhes they change to a brown colour, become more erect, 

 and, like a bunch of fmall holly leaves, protect the crown of 

 me root from being browfed, a circumftance we learned from 

 lh e examination of a dried fpecimen fent by Mr. Masson, 

 and preferved in the Herbarium of Sir Joseph Banks. 



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