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Pelargonium dasycaulon. Thick-stemmed 

 Pelargonium or StorkVBill. 



Class and Order. 



MONADELPHIA HepTANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-partitus : lacinia suprema desinente in tubulum 

 capillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem. 

 Cor. 5-petaIa, irregularis. Filam. 10, inaequalia, quorum 

 3— -6 castrata. Arilli b } 1-spermi, aristati, ad basin recepta- 

 culi rostrati : aristis spiralibus introrsum barbatis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Pelargonium dasycaulon ; foliis carnosis pinnatis : pinnia 

 pinatifidis apice truncato-trifidis, caule crasso tuberculato. 



Pelargonium dasycaule ; foliis subbipinnatifidis, pinnulis 

 oblongis obtusissimis apice trifidis, caule senecto ramoso 

 crasso carnoso pedali. Haworth Succul. p. 309. 



This species is too nearly related to Pelargonium eerato- 

 phyllum, (Vide No. 315) from which it differs principally 

 in the leaves being more thickly pinnate, with the pinnae 

 again deeply divided. 



Its native country not certainly known. Is more tender 

 than most of the Cape caulescent species, and should be kept 

 in the dry stove in the winter months. Flowers from July 

 to December. Propagated by cuttings. Communicated by 

 Messrs. Whitley, Brame, & Milne. 



