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to, and semideciduous habit of most of the . 
ét RE pesce of this genus, it was judged 
best to add them 
Nee ical all the tuberous tribes are omitted, 
. lest we should have admitted aloug with them 2 
"every other tüberous, and even bulbous plant. 
Somewhere the line must be drawn, be- 
tween what are, and what are not succulent ; 
and the present should seem the proper pire. 
The tuberous Gerania constitute a. genus 
themselves, the ]imits of which I bave not 
yet ascertained, owing to the difficulty of ob- 
taining suitable specimens ; ; but have still me- 
ditated a monograph concerning them, and 
indeed the whole order; and the reduction of 
Md factitious mungrels pertaining - it, which 
r gardens are inundated with, (shamefully 
abad the iia species) to soie. fixed 
points. But the poor encouragements such 
labours meet have hitherto conunually discou- 
raged me. 
MONSONIA. 
Calyx quin uephyllus. — Coro//a quinquepetala, 
incisa. tamina 15, connata, (monadelpha) 
urceolo filamentorum quinquetido. — S/y/us 
quinquefidus. —4rilli 5, monospermi, ari 
ti, ad Mon receptaculi rostrati. —Persoon. 
synops. 2. 238. 
M. (Thorny) foliis ellipticis acuminatis integer- spivrsa. 
: petii petiolis cugacetqe mne m 
is 
3ubdentatis. e 
«Sp. pl. tom. 3. 2 DEL iie e 
(ran. t oec anium sp: 
journ. cum 
