PELARGONIUM. 493 
bels few-flowered ; pedicels elongated ; leaves elliptic, 
toothed ; Items birfute. Introduced in 1774, by Maffon ; 
it flowers from May to July. 
47. Pelargonium betulinum, or birch-leaved ftork’s- 
bill: umbels few-flowered ; leaves ovate, unequally fer¬ 
rate, levigated. Stem fhrubby, four or five feet high, 
fending out feveral branches. The flowers vary confi- 
derably both in fize and colour; its foliage is different 
from that of the other fpecies, and, as its name im¬ 
ports, like that of the birch-tree. It flowers molt part 
of the fummer, and was introduced in 1786, by Maffon. 
Hence Mr. Miller’s betulinum is fuppofed not to be this 
fpecies. <» 
48. Pelargonium glaucum, or fpear-leaved ftork’s-biil : 
peduncles two-flowered ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 
acuminate, glaucous. The whole plant is very fmooth. 
glaucous, and in a manner whitifh. Stem fhrubby, with 
round, rod-like, declining branches, two feet high. 
Leaves oppofite, often fnorter than the petioles, which 
are round and eredt. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, 
flefhy, deciduous. Peduncles alternately axillary, very 
long, one or two-flowered. Segments of the calyx acu¬ 
minate, the uppennoft and two lower ones wider, Co- 
rollapapiiionaceous, white; the upper petals wider, reflex ; 
claws purple. Antheras pale faft'ron : fometimes there are 
only fix. It flowers from June to Auguft. 
“ This elegant and very Angular fpecies (fays Mr. Cur¬ 
tis) appears to have been firft cultivated in this country; 
its introduction was attended with circumftances rather 
unufual. Mr. Lee, nurferyman of the vineyard at Ham- 
therfmith, in looking over fome dried fpedmens in the 
pcffeffion of fir Jofeph Banks, (1775,) which he had re¬ 
cently received from the Cape of Good Hope, was ftruck 
with the Angular appearance of this geranium, no fpecies 
having before been feen in this country with fpear-fiiaped 
leaves; on examining the fpecimens attentively, he per¬ 
ceived a few ripe feeds in one of them; thofe he folicited, 
and obtained ; and to his fuccefs in making them vege¬ 
tate, we are indebted for the prefent fpecies. The iliape 
of the leaf readily'fuggefted the name of lanceolatum, an 
epithet by which it has been generally diftinguiflied in 
this country, and which, from its extreme fitnefs, we have 
continued, notwithftanding the younger Linnaeus has 
given it that of glaucum , though, at the fame time, his 
illuflrious father had diftinguifhed another fpecies by the 
lynonymous term of glaucophi/llnrn." It is reprefented, 
from the Botanical Magazine, on Plate III. fig. 5. 
‘ 49. Pelargonium tricufpidatum,orthree-pointedftork’s- 
bili : peduncles two-flowered; leaves three-pointed, mid¬ 
dle lobe more produced, fubferrate; midrib muricated 
underneath. Root branched. Stem flirubby, two feet 
high, and more, very much branched, fmooth, round, 
the thicknefs of a reed or the little finger, almoft upright; 
when old dufky, when young more or lets blood-red. 
Introduced in 1780, by Meffrs. Kennedy and Lee. It 
flowers from May to Auguft. 
50. Pelargonium acetofum, or forrel ftork’s-bill : um¬ 
bels few-flowered ; leaves obovate, crenate,fmooth, flefhy; 
petals linear. Stem fhrubby, fix or feven feet high, lend¬ 
ing out feveral Ade-branches. Leaves of a grey colour, 
and having an acid tafte like forrel. Peduncles axillary, 
long, fuftaining three or four flowers, with narrow un¬ 
equal petals, of a pale blufli-colour, with fome ftripes of a 
light red. The flowers continue in fucceffion molt part 
of the fummer. This is reprefented at fig. 6. 
51, Pelargonium fcabrum, or rough-leaved flork’s bill: 
umbels few-flowered ; leaves wedge-fhaped, femitrifid, 
rugged; lobes lanceolate, loofely ferrate. Stem fhrubby, 
round, three or four feet high, the thicknefs of a finger, 
upright, of a reddifh bay colour, branching from the 
axils, very rough, as is the whole plant, but becoming 
f mooth with age. Common peduncles terminating and 
axillary, fhort, fuftaining commonly from four to fix 
flowers; calyx green ; petals blunt, of a purple rofe-co- 
lour; the two upper ones twice as wide as the others, 
with a dark blood-red fpot at the bafe; antheras oblong, 
blood-red ; as are alfo the ftigmas. Seeds rough, with a 
rough beak, an inch in length. Introduced in 1775, by 
Meffrs. Kennedy and Lee. It flowers from Auguft to 
November. 
52. Pelargonium crifpum, or curled-leaved ftork’s-bill: 
peduncles fubbiflorous ; leaves diftich, cordate, three- 
jobed, curled, muricated. This is a ftift' flirub. Leaves 
final!, five-lobed, having the fmell of balm. Flowers vio¬ 
let. Introduced in 1774, by Mr. Francis Maffon. It 
flowers from July to November. 
53. Pelargonium adulterinum, or hoary-trifid-leaved 
ftork’s-bill : peduncles fubbiflorous ; leaves cordate, 
three-lobed, waved, villofe, foft. Introduced in 1785, 
by Mr. Archibald Thompfon. It flowers in April and 
May. 
54. Pelargonium ex-ftipulatum, or foft-leaved trifid 
ftork’s-bill: unbeis few-flowered ; leaved cordate, tliree- 
parted-lobed, toothed, hoary; ftipules fcarcely any. The 
whole plant fmooth, and fomewhat glaucous. Stem 
flirubby, a foot high, with round upright branches. 
Leaves alternate, fhorter than the petioles, moftly divided 
into three lobes ; each is three-lobed at the tip, and cre¬ 
nate ; they have a very fweet fmell, not unlike fweet 
marjoram ; wdien young, and in the open air, whitifh 
with a very fine nap, but in the ftove fmooth and green. 
Found by Mr. William Paterfon ; and introduced at Kew, 
in 1779, by thecountefs of Strathmore. It flowers from 
May to Auguft. 
VI. New Species, chiefly from Jacquin. 
55. Pelargonium ternatum, or ternate ftork’s-bill: ftem 
fhrubby, hifpid ; leaves oppofite, ternate ; leaflets wedge- 
fhaped, gafh-trifid, ferrate, fcabrous. Stem fuffruticofe, 
dichotomous, round, purple, villofe, erefft, two feet high 
and more: branches Ample, fhort, refembling the ftem. 
It differs very materially from the other fpecies in the 
unufual roughnefs of the ftalks, as well as in its whole 
habit. 
56. Pelargonium tricolor, or three-coloured ftork’s-bill: 
the two upper petals ragged at the bafe, with prominent 
fliining dots. The plants of this newly-introduced fpe- 
cies fcarcely exceed a foot in height here, growing up with 
a fhrnbby ftem, and fpreading widely into numerous 
flowering branches, fo much difpofed to produce flow¬ 
ers in a conftant fucceffion, that during molt of the fum¬ 
mer the plant is loaded with a profufion of them. For 
the mod part they go off without feed ; and, when any is 
produced, there is generally one perfect and four abor¬ 
tive. The fertile ftamens vary in number; four are 
moft ufually apparent, three fuperior, one and often two 
inferior. The whole plant is covered with fhort white 
hairs, which give to the foliage a fomewhat filvery hue. 
The two uppermofc petals are of a beautiful red, having 
their bafes nearly black; the three lowermoft are white. 
Inftances occur in which one or more of the white pe¬ 
tals have a ftripe of red ; and the dark colour at the bafe 
of the upper petals is, in a certain degree, foluble in wa¬ 
ter; for, on the plants being watered, the white petals here 
and there become ftained by the colouring matter, which 
in a diluted ftate is purplifn ; as the flowers decay, this 
apparently-biack part, diftinguiflied by the roughnefs of 
its furface, arifing from prominent lucid points, is fome¬ 
times perforated with numerous fmall holes. Intro¬ 
duced by Maffon at Kew in 1792. Raifed alfo from Cape 
feeds by Mr. Williams, nurferyman at Hamrnerfmith. 
The above fpecies, with very few exceptions, are na¬ 
tives of the Cape of Good Hope. Thefe that follow are 
defcribed by Jacquin in thelaft volume of his Colledta- 
nea, and figured in the third volume of his leones Pian- 
tarum rariprum. 
57. Pelargonium carneum, or flefli-coloured ftork’s- 
bill: ftemiefs; root rapaceous, Ample ; leaves bipinnate ; 
pinnules galhed, fmoothilh ; five filaments fertile. Root 
like a turnip, oblong, brown, two inches long, perennial. 
Root- 
