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 Pelargonium Ceratophyllum. Horn- 

 Leaved Crane's Bill. 



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C/^/> aw^ Order. 



MONADELPHIA HePTANDRIA. 



Generic Cbaracler. 



Cal. 5-partitiis : lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capil- 

 larem, ne£tariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 

 5-petala, irregularis. Filam. 10 inaequalia, quorum 3 raro 

 5 caftrata. Fruttiis 5-coccus, roftratus, roftra fpiralia in- 

 trorfum barbata. 



Specific Char a tier and Synonyms. 



PELARGONIUM ceratophyllum umbellis multifloris, foliis 

 remote pinnatis carnofis teretibus, lacinns 

 canaliculatis obfolete trifidis. L'Herit. 

 Geran. n. 50. /. 13. Ait. Kew. v. 2.^>.4 22, 



Mr. Aiton informs us that this fpecies of Pelargonium, 

 which is one of the more flefhy kinds, is a native of the South- 

 Weft Coaft of Africa, and was introduced to the Royal Garden 

 at Kew by Mr. Anthony Hove in 1786. 



It flowers during mod of the Summer months, and ripens 

 its feeds, by which it may be increafed, as alfo by cuttings ; i* 

 is found to be more tender than many others, and more liable 

 to be injured by damps, and hence it will require a treatment 

 more applicable to a dry (love plant. 



