G E R A N I U M C I L I A T U M.
Fringed-leaved Geranium.
C L A S S XVI. O R D E R IV.
A ZONA DELPHI A DEC ANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
M O N O O Y K A . Stigmata quinque. Fruftm rof- 11 0 „ R P O . K T A I . Five fummits. Fruit furnilhed
. r a t u s , pentacoccus. with long awns, five dry berries.
¡1 See G E R A N I U M G R A N D I F L O R U M , P I . X I I . V o l . 1.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
G e r a m um fol,., m t . g e r n m i s , eoneavis, laneeo- | Geraniumwith q u i t e e n t i r e leave,,coneave, lancel
. s . m a r g , m b u , c , l i a f , s ; floribuspentandris; , ihaped, and fringed at the e d g e ; flowers
r a d , e e tuberofa. | with five fertile ehives ; root tuberous.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1 . The Empalement.
2. T h e Chives fpread open, magnified.
3 . T h e Poiiital, magnified.
T H E fingular ffiape and n u m b e r of the leaves of this p l a n t , which are but two, large concave thickiil.
between lance and egg-rhaped, and fringed at the edge, confljtute .he n i l efiential fpecifie difference
it polfeffes; the flowers, and other parts, much referable m a n y of its fellows. It is from the Cape of
Good Hope, and introduced to us by Meffrs. Colvills, nnrferymen, of t h e King's Road Chelfea •' who
received i t , from . h e n c e , at t h e fame time w i t h the G e r a n i um incraflatum, of our l a d . ' For t h e ' t r e a t,
ment, and increafe, we m u l t refer to any other of the tuberous k i n d of Geranium.