( 1877 ) 
PELARGONIUM RAPACEUM, var. 8. LUTEUM, 
YELLow Fumrrory-FLOWERED | 
-Crane’s-Bitt. | 
Sessa seaeskeak siete sea. 
Class and Order: Aish 
MOonADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia suprema desinente in tubulum 
eapillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem. 
Cor. 5-petala, irregularis. Filamenta 10, ineequalia, quorum 
3—6 sterilia. Arilli 5, monospermi, aristati, ad basin re- 
ceptaculi rostrati: aristis spiralibus introrsum barbatis. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms, 
PELARGONIUM Trapaceum; acaule, umbella composita, foliis 
bipinnatis villosis, petalis superioribus refractis : inferi- 
___ oribus conniventibus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 164. 
_ PELARGONIUM rapaceum ; acaule, umbella composita, foliis 
_— decomposite laciniatis villosis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1™™ 2. 
p. 418. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 649. - 
Geranium rapaceum. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 1141. 
Geranium prolificum, «. Sp. Pl.949. 
(#.) incarnatum ; corollis purpurascentibus. eee 
PeLaRconium rapaceum; acaule, radice rapacea multicipite, 
foliis bipinnatis villosis incisis, filamentis decem, quin- 
que fertilibus. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 3, t. 510. Collect.4. | 
«pe E90. Y :s £4 
Geranium selinum. Bot. Repos. 239. TE Na ee an 
Geranium africanum myrrhidis a i albicante, radice 
| rapacea. Commel. Hort. p. 125, t. 63. _ ee 
(B.) ingetins ; corollis flavescentibus, petalis superioribus 
: minus refractis impunctatis. | 
In this species the three lowermost petals are connivent, 
and the twa upper ones more or less bent back, which 
