it tenderly, as it will bear a greater degree
of cold than many plants usually considered as hardy.

It may be propagated most readily by seeds, or by parting its roots in
the autumn; should be planted on a border with an eastern aspect; soil
the same as for bulbs.

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GERANIUM RADULA. RASP-LEAV'D GERANIUM.

_Class and Order._

MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

Monogyna. _Stigmata_ 5. _Fructus_ rostratus, 5-coccus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

GERANIUM _revolutum_ pedunculis subbifloris, foliis multifidis
linearibus scabris ad oras revolutis, caule arboreo. _Jacq. ic.
133. collect. 1. p. 84._

GERANIUM _Radula._ _Cavanill. Diss. 4. p. 262. t. 101. f. 1._

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This is one of the numerous tribe of _Geraniums_ introduced from the
Cape since the time of MILLER: it takes the name of _Radula_,
which is the Latin term for a rasp or file, from the rough rasp-like
surface of the leaves.

There are two varieties of it, a _major_ and a _minor_, which keep
pretty constantly to their characters; and as this species is readily
raised from seeds, it affords also many seminal varieties.

As a Botanist, desirous of seeing plants distinct in their characters,
we could almost wish it were impossible to raise these _foreign
Geraniums_ from seeds; for, without pretending to any extraordinary
discernment, we may venture to prophecy, that in a few years, from the
multiplication of seminal varieties, springing from seeds casually, or
perhaps purposely impregnated with the pollen of different sorts, such a
crop will be produced as will baffle all our attempts to reduce to
species, or even regular varieties.

Such as are partial to this tribe, will no doubt wish to have this
species in their collection; the blossoms are pretty, and the foliage is
singular, but it remains but a short time in flower.

It is readily propagated by cuttings.

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LANTANA ACULEATA. PRICKLY LANTANA.

_Class and Order._

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 4-dentatus obsolete. _Stigma_ uncinato-refractum. _Drupa_ nucleo
2-loculari.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LANTANA _aculeata_ foliis oppositis, caule aculeato ramoso spicis
hemisphaericis. _Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 566._

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According to MILLER, this species grows naturally in _Jamaica_,
and most of the other Islands in the _West-Indies_, where it is call