PELARGONIU M. 
four-petalled; liera biennial, fmooth; leaves pinnate- 
lobed, fmooth ; feven filaments fertile. Root the thick- 
nefs of a reed and more, about three inches long, round, 
branched, pale. Stems numerous, procumbent except 
at the end, where they afcend in a bow ftiffiy branched, 
round, fmooth, fomewhat villofe towards the top, knob¬ 
bed, blood-red at the joints, dufky purple at bottom, in 
other parts green, with a tinge of purple here >and there, 
herbaceous, two feet long, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s 
quill. Leaves alternate, except the upper ones, which 
are oppofite, two or three inches in length reckoning the 
petioles, three-lobed, gafhed, blunt, fmooth, green. Ca- 
lycine leaflets oblong, mucronate, ftreaked, fpreading, 
blood-red, the uppermoft twice as wide as the others. 
Petals fpreading, deep purple, with deeper purple bands 
above the claw ; filaments awl-fhaped, fhorter than the 
calyx, purple; anthers oblong, ereft, flelh-coloured, 
with a yellow pollen ; ftigma purple. Seeds villofe, with 
a feathered awn an inch in length. It flowers in April 
and the following months, and is void of fmell. 
75. Pelargonium anemonaefolium, or anemone-leaved 
ftork’s-bill : peduncles four or five flowered ; corollas 
five-petalled ; Item biennial ; leaves pinnate-lobed, fome¬ 
what rough-haired underneath, fmooth above ; feven fila¬ 
ments fertile. Root round, the thicknefs of a reed, 
brownifh. Stem round, the thicknefs alfo of a reed, a 
foot high, branched, fomewhat rugged, rough-haired, 
hifpid, ereff, with the lower branches fomewhat fpread¬ 
ing. It flowers in the fummer, and when bruifed has an 
unpleafant balfamic fmell. 
76. Pelargonium hirtum, or rough-haired ftork’s-bill : 
umbels five-flowered or thereabouts; leaves tripinnate, 
hirfute; pinnules linear; ftein flefhy. Root round, the 
thicknefs of the little finger, half a foot long. Stem 
procumbent, twifted, fhrubby, branched, the fame fize 
with the root, brown, rough with the indurated fears of 
fallen leaves ; when young, flefhy and hirfute. Peduncles 
hirfute, roughifh, fpreading, three or four inches long, 
fuftaining from three to five flowers in an umbel. Pe¬ 
tals fpatulate, blunt, fpreading, red purple ; the two up¬ 
per ones nearly twice as wide as the others, and of a deep¬ 
er colour. Seven of the filaments have flefh-coloured 
anthers with a yellow pollen. Stigma blood-red. It 
flowers in March and April; and has little fmell, but 
that unpleafant. 
77. Pelargonium tomentofum, or downy ftork’s-bill : 
umbels many-flowered, Ample, and compound ; leaves 
cordate, moftly five-lobed, ferrate, tomentofe, very foft 5 
ftem flefhy. Root branched. The whole plant is co¬ 
vered very clofely with villofe hairs, and has a ftrong un¬ 
pleafant fmell. Stem fhrubby, branched, ereft, round, 
knobbed, tyo feet high and more. Leaves alternate, 
three-lobed or five-lobed, bluntifh, veined, thickifh, 
three or four inches in length and breadth. Petals ob¬ 
long, blunt, a little longer than the calyx, white with a 
little longitudinal red band at the claw. Filaments 
blood-red, the length of the calyx; anthers oblong, 
flefn-coloured; ftigma blood-red. It flowers in April 
and the following months. 
78. Pelargonium ribifolium, or currant-leaved ftork’s- 
bill : umbels many-flowered, deprefled, fomewhat halved, 
leaves cordate, three-lobed, ferrate, fomewhat hirfute; 
lobes lobed, gafhed 5 ftem flefhy. The whole plant has a 
ftrong fmell. Stem fhrubby, the thicknefs of a finger, 
round, irregular with projecting fears, ereft, firm, 
branched, three feet high ; when young hirfute, when 
old fmooth and brown. Branches hirfute, pale green. It 
flowers from June to Auguft. 
79. Pelargonium fufeatum, or dark ftork’s-bill : um¬ 
bels four-flowered ; leaves cordate-roundifh, moftly five- 
lobed, acutely ferrate, fmoothifli; ftip.ules ovate; ftem 
fhrubby, ereCt, when young rugged. Stem three or four 
feet high, round, branched, brownifh, with afh-coloured 
fears from the fallen leaves. It flowers here in the fum- 
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mer. The leaves have hardly any fmell; the flowers have 
rather a difagreeable feent. 
80. Pelargonium patulum, or broad-leaved ftork’s-bill: 
peduncles two-flowered; leaves fomewhat kidney-fliaped, 
lobe-gafhed, acutely crenate, fmooth above; ftem fhrubby; 
fix filaments fertile. From a branched root arife very 
many weak Items, two feet high and more, round, fmooth, 
almoft upright, of a pale bay-colour, irregular from the 
fears of.fallen leaves. It flowers in fummer 5 and has lit¬ 
tle fmell. 
81. Pelargonium balfameum, or fweet-feented ftork’s- 
bill : umbels few-flowered ; leaves five-parted, fomewhat 
rough-haired ; lobes lanceolate, acute, gafhed, fomewhat 
rigid; ftem fhrubby. Stem upright, three feet high, 
woody, very much branched, ferruginous, when young 
red, roughifh, appearing rough-haired in the magnifier, 
the thicknefs of a finger at the bafe. It flowers in futn- 
mer; and the whole plant has a balfamic feent, approach¬ 
ing to that of Tacamahaca. 
82. Pelargonium hermanniaefolium, or hermanni.v 
leaved ftork’s-bill : peduncles two-flowered ; leaves cu- 
neate - roundifh, gafhed, rough-haired, rigid, diftich; 
ftem fhrubby. Stem four or five feet high, almoft up¬ 
right ; branches rod-like, round, ferruginous ; thefe with 
the leaves, ftipules, peduncles, involucres, and calyxes, 
are rough-haired. Leaves clofely diftich, or in two rows, 
all along the branches; the upper ones converging, the 
lower fpreading. Calycine le.'flets lanceolate, acumi¬ 
nate, green; petals white, or tinged with flefh col jur, 
twice as long as the calyx ; filaments flefh-coloured, 
one third fhorter than the petals; antherae vermilion; 
ftyle and ftigma blood red. After flowering whilft the 
feeds are growing, young branches are pufhed out be¬ 
yond them, and the peduncles ceafe to be terminating 
It is eafily diftinguifhed from P. crifpum by having no 
fmell, or at mod a flight fmell of turpentine when 
bruifed: the leaves are larger, always on very fhort 
petioles, of a true wedge fhape, fcarcely obfoletely three- 
lobed, fcarcely curled ; and the ftature of the whole is 
much greater. 
Propagation and Culture. All the forts of Pelargoni¬ 
um, or African Geranium, may be propagated by feeds; 
they may be fown upon a bed of light earth towards the 
end of March, where the plants will appear in a month 
or five weeks after, and by the beginning of June 
will be fit to remove; when they fnould be carefully ta¬ 
ken up, and each planted into a feparate pot, filled with 
light kitchen-garden earth, and placed in a fhady fitua- 
tion till the plants have taken new root, when they may 
be removed into a (heltered fituation, and placed among 
other of the hardier green-houfe plants, where they may 
remain till autumn, when they muft be removed into the 
green-houfe, and treated in the fame manneras other hardy 
kinds of green-houfe plants. But thofe who are defirous to 
have their plants large, and flower foon, fow the feeds 
upon a moderate hot-bed in the fpring, on which the 
plants will come up much fooner, and will be fit to re¬ 
move long before thofe which are fown in the open air; 
but, when thefe plants corne up, there muft be great care 
taken not to draw them up weak ; and, when they are 
tranfplanted, the pots fliould be plunged into another 
moderate hot-bed, obferving to fnade them from the fun 
till they have taken new root; then they muft be gradu¬ 
ally inured to bear the open air, into which they fliould be 
removed the beginning of June, and placed in a flickered 
fituation with other exotic plants. If thefe plants are 
brought forward in the fpring, moft of the forts will 
flower the fame fummer, and, the plants being ftrong be¬ 
fore the winter, will make a better appearance in the 
green-houfe. 
Thejhruhby African Geraniums are commonly propa¬ 
gated by cuttings, which, if planted in a fhady border in 
June or July, will take good root in five or fix weeks, 
and may then be taken up and planted into feparate pots, 
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