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PELARGONIUM. 
rugged, revolute; fegments linear. Stem flirubby, co¬ 
vered with an afh-coloured bark, branched, two feet high. 
Leaves numerous, alternate, nearly equal to the petioles, 
very deeply five-cleft; the fegments pinnate and bipio- 
nate, linear. Stipules wide, acuminate and fhrivelling. 
Peduncles axillary, folitary, with one, two, or three, 
flowers : involucre generally five-cleft, fhrivelling. Ca¬ 
lyx ovate-oblong, pubefcent, cut deeply into five ovate 
fegments; corolla papilionaceous, rofe-coloured with red 
lines; the claws white; the two upper petals reflex and 
wider; antherae deep flelh-coloured. Germ very final!, 
ovate-pentagon ; ftigmas villofe, purple, revolute. Cap- 
fules villofe, acute at the bafe : awn or tail bearded, 
twilled, near four lines in length. The whole plant has 
a ftrong fmell of turpentine. The leaves in young plants 
are often three inches long; but in old ones only one- 
third of the fize, and more numerous. It takes the name 
radula , from the rough rafp-like furface of its leaves. 
There are two varieties of this, as of the preceding, a 
larger and a fmaller: and, as it is readily raifed from 
feeds, it affords many feminal varieties. The cafe is the 
fame in other forts ; infomuch that we may hereafter find 
it difficult to reduce thefe plants to their proper fpecies. 
It was introduced by Mafibnin 1774; an< ^ flowers from 
March to July. It is reprefented on the annexed Plate, 
at fig. 1. 
24. Pelargonium graveolens, or ftrong-fcented ftork’s- 
bill : umbels many-flowered, fubcapitate; leaves pal¬ 
mate fevenlobed, fegments oblong, blunt, revolute at 
the edge. Stem arborefcent, a fathom in height, branched; 
the tender branches pubefcent. The wdtole plant has a 
ftrong fmell; which varies, and refembles turpentine, or 
lemon, or rofes. It was introduced by Maffon in 1774; 
and flowers from March to July. 
25. Pelargonium papilionaceum, or butterfly ftork’s- 
bill: umbels many-flowered ; , leaves roundiffi-cordate, 
angular; corollas papilionaceous; wings and keel mi¬ 
nute. This rifes with an upright fhrubby ftalk feven or 
eight feet high, fending out feveral fide-branches, with 
large angular rough leaves, on ffiort footftalks. The 
flowers are produced in large panicles (umbels) at the 
end of the branches. Cultivated in the botanic garden 
at Chelfea in 1724; and flowers from April to July. 
26. Pelargonium inquinans, or fcarlet-flowered ftork’s- 
bill : umbels many-flowered ; leaves orbiculate-reniform, 
fcarcely divided, crenate, tomentofe, and clammy. This 
rife? with a foft fhrubby Hem to the height of eight or ten 
feet, fending out feveral branches; which are generally 
eredl. Flowers in loofe bunches (umbels), on long fliff 
axillary peduncles ; corolla bright fcarlet. The flowers 
make a fine appearance, and there is a fucceffion of them 
during all the fumrner months. The leaves, when 
bruifed, ftain the fingers of a ferruginous colour ; hence 
Linnaeus’s trivial name, inquinans , defiling. It was cul¬ 
tivated in 1714, by Bifhop-Compton ; and flowers from 
May to September. 
27. Pelargonium hybridum, orbaftard ftork’s-bill : um¬ 
bels many-flowered; leaves obovate, crenate, fmootb, 
flefhy; petals linear. In the flowers this perfectly refem¬ 
bles the preceding; but the herb is fjnaller; the leaves 
are not tomentofe, but are very like thofe ofP. acetofum, 
yet they are neither wedge-fliaped at the bafe nor kidney- 
form ; they are alfo lefs four. Cultivated in 1732, by 
James Sherard, M. D. It flowers with the other. 
28. Pelargonium zonale, or common horfe-ffioe ftork’s- 
bill : umbels many-flowered ; leaves cordate-orbiculate, 
fcarcely lobed, toothed, zoned. This rifes with a flirubby 
ftalk four or five feet high, and divides into a great num¬ 
ber of irregular branches, fo as to form a large bufli, fre¬ 
quently eight or ten feet in height. Leaves indented on 
the edge in feveral obtufe fegments,cut into fhort teeth: 
there is a purplilh curved zone in form of a horfe-fhoe, 
from one fide of the bafe to the other, correfponding with 
the border: when gently rubbed, the leaves have a feent 
like fealded apples. The flowers are produced in pretty 
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clofe bunches, on axillary peduncles, five or fix inches in 
length, coming out towards the ends of the branches: 
they are of a reddifh purple colour, and continue in fuc¬ 
ceffion great part of the fumrner. There is a variety 
with fine variegated leaves ; and the flowers vary much in 
colour, from purple through the different fliades of red 
to high fcarlet. Cultivated in 1710, by the duchefs of 
Beaufort. 
29. Pelargonium heterogamum, or red-flowered ftork’s- 
bill : umbels many-flowered ; leaves fuborbiculate, gafh- 
lobed, toothed ; ftem e‘re6l, flirubby. Cultivated in 1786, 
by Meftrs. Lee and Kennedy. 
30. Pelargonium monftrutn, or duller-leaved ftork’s- 
bill: leaves orbiculate-reniform, obfoletely lobed, com¬ 
plicated, curled. Cultivated in 1784, by Mrs. Norman. 
31. Pelargonium bicolor, or two-coloured ftork’s-bill: 
umbels many-flow'ered ; leaves ternatifid, lobed, toothed, 
waved, villofe. Stem flirubby, twilled, covered with an 
afh-coloured bark; branches round, villofe, fubherbace- 
ous, a foot long. Jacquin obferves, that the whole has a 
very ftrong fmell ; and Curtis, that it obvioufly differs 
from all the other fpecies, in the particular fhape of its 
leaves, and the colour of the flowers, which are ufually of 
a rich and very dark purple edged with white. Intro¬ 
duced in 1778, by John earl of Bute. It flowers from 
June to Auguft. 
32. Pelargonium vitifolium, or balm-fcented ftork’s- 
bill : flowers in heads ; leaves cordate, three-lobed, fome- 
what rugged; ftems upright. This rifes with an upright 
fhrubby ftalk to the height of feven or eight feet, fending 
out many pretty ftrong branches. Leaves fomewhat like 
thofe of the vine ; the lower on long petioles, the upper 
on fhort ones; when rubbed, they have a feent of balm. 
The flowers grow in compadl clufters, on the top of long 
naked axillary peduncles, riling much higher than the 
branches: being final], and of a pale-blue colour, they 
make no great figure ; but there is a fucceffion of them 
molt part of.the fumrner. It was cultivated in 1724, in 
Chelfea garden. L’Heritier has figured a variety of it. 
33. Pelargonium capitatum, or rofe-feented ftork’s- 
bill: flowers in heads; leaves cordate, lobed, waved, 
foft ; ftems diffufed. This rifes with a flirubby ftalk, 
four or five feet high, dividing into feveral weak irregu¬ 
lar branches. The flowers grow in clofe roundifli heads, 
forming a fort of corymb; they are of a purplifh-blue 
colour, and continue in fucceffion great part of the Cum¬ 
mer. The leaves, when rubbed, have an odour like dried 
rofes. 
34. Pelargonium glutinofum, or clammy ftork’s-bill: 
umbels few-flowered ; leaves cordate, haftate-quinquan- 
gular, clammy. Stem flirubby, covered with a grey bark, 
three feet high and more; branches decliningand decum¬ 
bent, green, clammy, as is the whole plant. Leaves al¬ 
ternate, the uppermoft fometimes oppolite, often fliorter 
than the petioles, large, acute, finuate. Stipules wide- 
acuminate, flirivelling. Common peduncles axillary, 
lateral, or oppofite to a leaf, eredl, folitary, longer than 
the leaves; involucre five-leaved, the leaflets ovate-acute, 
flirivelling ; rays from three to eight, half an inch long. 
Calyx ovate, villofe, deeply five-parted; the fegments re¬ 
flex. Corolla much larger than the calyx, papilionace¬ 
ous, pale purple, variegated with red ftreaks ; the two 
upper petals wider, reflex. Seven of the filaments long, 
purple, villofe, with oblong antherae; the other three 
very fmall and barren. . Germ fmall, five-cornered, vil¬ 
lofe : ftyle pyramidal, villofe, white: ftigmas purple. 
Capfule tomentofe, fharp at the bafe ; awn an inch long, 
bearded, white, fpiral. The middle of the leaf is gene¬ 
rally ftained with purple. It was introduced about the 
year 1777, by Meffrs. Kennedy and Lee; and flowers in 
May and June, even to September. It is reprefented at 
fig. 2. 
35. Pelargonium cucullatum, or hooded ftork’s-bill: 
ximbels fubmultiflorous; leaves kidney-form, cowled, 
toothed. This rifes with a flirubby ftalk eight or ten 
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