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P L A T E XXXVII.
G E R A N I U M FRAGILE.
Brittle-Jialked Geranium.
C L A S S XVI. ORDER II.
MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads vinited. Ten Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
M O N O G Y N A . Stigmata 5. Fruftus roftratus,
5-coccus.
O N E POINTAL. Summits five. Fruit furniflicd
with long awns, five dry berries.
See GERANIUM GRANDIPLOBUM, Plate X I I .
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis carnofis, pinnatis; caulis fruticofus,
ramofus, fragilis; petalis linearibus,
pedunculis ereftis.
Geranium with flefliy winged leaves; item
Ihrubby, branched and brittle; petals linear,
fruit-fl:alks upright.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement cut open, to fliew its tubular iliape to its bafe.
2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize).
3. The Pointal, (magnified).
THE Geranium fragile has in general feven fertile tips, and thus comes under Linnasus's firft arrangement;
and Monf. L'Heritier's Genus Pelargonium. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was
introduced by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy in the year 1792. This plant feldom grows more than a foot
high, but during the months of July, Auguft, and September, it is covered with bloflbms, which are
of a pale yellow, ftriped at the bottom with red, ftanding nearly upright. It is rather a tender plant,
requiring a dry ftove, or hothoufe, to preferve it in winter, being very fubjefil to damp in the leaves;
is eafily propagated by cuttings, and thrives beft in rich mould.
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