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PELARGONIUM RADICATUM. FLesuy : 
FRINGED-LEAVED CRANE’S-BILL. 
Sasa ab sles detest ae ae aaa 
Cla/s and Order. 
MonaADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 5-partitus : lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capil- 
larem, neCtariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 
5-petala, irregularis. Filam. 10, inequalia, quorum 3—6 cal- 
trata. Arilli 5, monofpermi, ariftati, ad bafin receptaculi 
roftrati ariftis {piralibus introrfum barbatis, 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
PELARGONIUM +radicatum; (acaulis radice rapacea) um- . 
bella fimplici, foliis ellipticis integerrimis ciliatis, petalis 
fuperioribus bafi macula duplici interrupte lineari notatis. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt, 4. p. 160. pit. 209. 
PELARGONIUM radicatum ; umbellis fimplicibus; foliis 
ovali-oblongis, integerrimis, glabris, margine ciliatis, flo- 
ribus pentandris ; petalis retufis. Vent. Hort. Malm. 65. 
GERANIUM «iliatum. And, Repof. 247. 
Monf, Ventenat, who has given an excellent figure of this 
plant in the Jardin de Malmaifon, confiders it to be diftinét 
from the Pe.arconium Cliaium of L’Heretier, and has 
been followed by Mr. Dryanver in the new edition of the 
Hortus Kewenfis. The ciliatum of Cavanittes and of 
Jacquin, are alfo fuppofed by Ventenar to be at the fame 
time different from our plant and from one another. The lat- 
ter differs remarkably in the ftrong hairinefs of the leaves over 
both furfaces. : : 
This fpecies, as is the cafe with moft, if not with all in the 
turnip-rooted divifions, has only five fertile ftamens, and the 
: pedicles, 
