G E R A N I U M L A C I N I A T U M . r . . * ™ , * * ».
Ragged-leaved Geranium, purpußwered jwiy.
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
M0NJDELPH1A D E C A N D R I A . Threads united. Ten Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
MO»O0T»». Stigmata quinque. I Five fummit,.
F a n c i e s roflratus, pen.a-coccus. || FEUIT furnifhed w.th long — i five dry
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
G E R A N I U M folüs radicalibna, integris laciniatifque,
petiolis filiformibus; calycibus monop
h i l l i s i f t a m i n i b u s q u i n q u e f e r ü l i b u s ; radice
tuberofa; fioribus purpureas.
G E R A N I U M w i t h leaves growing from ttie root,
e n t i r e and j a g g e d , footftalks thread-(haped;
cups one-leaved; five fertile chives; root
t u b e r o u s ; flowers purple.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e Empalement magnified.
2. T h e Chives fpread open.
3. T h e Points! and feed-bud magnified.
T . m v e r y ha„dfome variety, (for we cannot confider it a, a fpecies,) of the Geranium lac.n.atunr,
. . p o r t e d in . 3 0 0 , from the Cape of Good Hope, by G. H i b b e r t E f q . ; in whole collection it
flowered, la.i r e a r , it, t h e month of J n n e , w h e n onr d r a w i n g was t a k e n , and we believe . . u » o t e
a, p t e f a in '.hi, kingdom. Mr. Allen, under whofe eare ,hat collefl on „ preferred , „ H.ch b gh
otder and perfection, and to whole kind communication,, we are much mdeb.ed; ...fotn.s u . that
he has not TS yet, been able to i n c e a f c ! t i bat, from every appearance, the p l a n , b e t a no doubt
una by e oot, „ are the other fpecies which have ,he tuberous character • and that he d.d not Beat
i d i f e e u t l y from t h e reli of t h e Geraniums which compofe this b r a n c h of . h a . . n . e r e l h n g fam.ly.