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PELARGONIUM GLUTINOSUM. CLAMMY CRANE'S BILL.

_Class and Order._

MONADELPHIA HEPTANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-partitus: lacinia suprema definente in tubulum capillare
nectariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem. _Corolla_ pentapetala,
irregularis. _Filamenta_ 10 inæqualia, quorum 3 raro 5 castrata.
_Fructus_ pentacoccus, rostratus, rostra spiralia introrsum
barbata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

PELARGONIUM _glutinosum_ umbellis paucifloris foliis cordatis
hastato-quinquangulis viscosis. _L'Herit. Ger. Ait. Hort. Kew. v.
2. p. 426._

GERANIUM _glutinosum_. _Jacq. ic. collect. 1. p. 85._

GERANIUM _viscosum_. _Cavanill. Diss. 4. p. 246. t. 108. f. 2._

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The leaves of this species exhibit, on being touched, a manifest
viscidity, or clamminess, which, independent of their shape, serves to