P L A T E CL.
G E R A N I U M PRiEMORSUM.
Bitten-leaved Geranium.
C L A S S XVI. ORDER IV. °f Suppl. s3si.
rig. 1 7 8 I .
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R.
M o NO G Y N A. Stigmata q u i n q u e . F r u â u s roft
r a t u s , p e n t a - c o c c u s.
O n e F o i n t a l . Five summits. Fruit furniihed
w i t h l o n g a w n s , rive d r y b e r r i e s.
See G E R A N I U M G R A N D I F L O R U M , PI. X I I . Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
G e r a n i u m foliis incifo-lobatis, r e n i i b r m i b u s ;
Jobis c u n e i f o r m i b u s , prjemorfis; floribus
f u b f o l i t a r i i s , h e p t a n d r i s ; caule flexuoib,
f u b c a r n o s o .
G e r a n i u m w i t h leaves d e e p l y c u t into lobes a nd
k i d n e y - f h a p e d ; lobes w e d g e - i h a p e d , and
b i t t e n at t h e e n d s ; flowers g e n e r a l l y i b l i -
t a r y , w i t h feven fertile t i p s ; flera grows
z i g - z a g , r a t h e r flefhy.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1. T b e E m p a l e m e n t e u t open, to l l i ew its t u b u l a r f t m c t u r e.
2 . T h e C h i v c s a n d P o i n t a i.
3 . T h e Chives fpread open.
4. T h e P o i n t a i a n d Seed bud.
T H E G e r a n i u m p r a m o r f u m offers a moft b e a u t i f u l a d d i t i o n t o t h i s a l r e a d y v e r y e x t e n l i v e g e n u s , but
is w i t h o u t d o u b t a t r u e l p e c i e s . It is a n a t i v e of t h e C a p e of Good H o p e , a n d was i n t r o d u c e d to us,
f r om (hence, in the year 1 7 9 8 , b y C a p t a i n Q u a r r e l ; b r o u g h t in feed, a n d c o m m u n i c a t e d to M r.
J . C o l v i l l e of t h e K i n g ' s R o a d , C h e l f e a ; w h o informs us, t h a t it flowers f r om M a r c h , till N o v e m b e r,
t h a t he k e e p s it in rich d u n g y e a r t h , a n d t h a t i t is r a i f e d , p r e t t y freely, by c u t t i n g s ; r e q u i r i n g t h e h e at
of a d r y ftove in t h e w i n t e r m o n t h s . Our figure was m a d e at t h e n u r f e r y , Chelfea, about t h e beginn
i n g of M a r c h this y e a r.