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P L A T E CCCCXIII.
G E R A N I UM HYMENODES.
Ternate-leaved Geranium.
C L A S S XVL O R D E R IV.
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinqué. Fructus rostratus
pentacoccus.
ONE POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit beaked,
five berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
GEKANIUMJ pedunculis multifloris, foliis obtusis
inciso-dentatisj inferioribus ternatis,
superioribus trilobis, caule erecto.
GERANIUM, with many-flowered peduncles,
obtuse gash-dentated leaves, tlie inferior
ones ternate, the superior three-lobed, and
an erect stem.
G E R A N I U M {trifolium) canle herbáceo crasso ramoso, foliis radicalibus ternatis lobalis, caulinis oppositis
simplicibus lobatis, petalis venosis, superioribus maculatis. Cav. Diss. 4. p. 223. tab 07 ff^ 3
E E O D I UM hymenodes. UHerit. Geran. tab. 4. • a-
ERODIUM hymenodes. Willd. Spec. PL 3. 635.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement and parts of fructification.
2. The seed-bud, chives and pointal magnified.
3. The seed-bud and pointais.
4. The same magnified.
THE ternate-leaved Geranium belongs to L'Heritier's genus Erodium. It is a native of mountainous
rocky situations, in the northern parts of Africa; but has been cultivated in most of our best collections
of exotics several seasons; yet is not so frequently met with as it deserves to be, on account
of the unusual delicacy in the veining and spotting of its flowers ; which, fi-om their size and number
make a good appearance; and are produced in succession most part of tlie year. The plant itself i^
of very humble, scarcely shrubby growth ; yet rises somewhat higher than the real tuberous species •
to which, however, in its contracted, thickened stems, it betrays a considerable affinity. It is propagated
readily by seeds, and likewise by cuttings; and stands out in the open ground in mild winters uninjured
although It IS generally killed in severe ones; which renders it necessary to preserve a supply of it
in the conservatory.
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