_Pentandria_, _Heptandria_, and _Decandria_. If the principles of the
Linnæan system had been strictly adhered to, they should perhaps have
been separated into different classes; for though the _Pelargonium_ is
Monadelphous, the _Geranium_ is not so; in consequence of this
alteration, the _Geranium peltatum_ and _radula_, figured in a former
part of this work, must now be called _Pelargonium peltatum_, and
_radula_, and the _Geranium Reichardi_ be an _Erodium_.

The leaves of this plant have somewhat the taste of sorrel, whence its
name, it flowers during most of the summer, and is readily propagated by
cuttings. MILLER mentions a variety of it with scarlet flowers.

It is a native of the Cape, and known to have been cultivated in Chelsea
Garden, in the year 1724.




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LYSIMACHIA BULBIFERA. BULB-BEARING LOOSESTRIFE.


_Class and Order._

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ rotata. _Capsula_ globosa, mucronata, 10-valvis.