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P L A T E CCCCXXIII.
G E R A N I U M LUTEUM.
Dwmf- Yellovc^ffoxDered Geranium.
C L A S S XYL ORDER IV.
MONADELPHIA DEC AND RIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Fructus
pentacoccus.
O N E POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit beaked,
five berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
G E R A N I U M , tuberosum, pinnis folionmi oppositis
subovatis acutis iuciso-bifidis seu
trifidis integrisve, scapis simplicibus, petal
is clavato-linearibus.
G E R A N I U M , tuberous, witli tlie pinnae of the
leaves somewhat ovate acute gash-bifid
or trifid or entire, simple flower-stalks,
and clavatedly-linear petals.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement cut open.
2. The chives and pointal.
3. The chives spread open.
4. The seed-bud and pointal.
WE have here the pleasure of adding another tuberous-rooted Geranium, not enumerated by Willdenow,
to the great variety of that description already given in this work. As a species it appears
sufficiently distinct from any of them, although pretty closely allied to that which is delineated in our
last number; and also to G. fissifolium of our 378tJi plate. Its flowers are yellow marked witli red
as is frequently the case amongst the tuberous species of this extensive tribe of plants, but of very rare
occurrence in the other departments of it.
From the Clapham collection, incomparably rich in this description of plants, our figure was
derived, so long since as tlie summer of the year 1803.
Like its congeners, it is a native of the Cape; requires the treatment of a green-house plant • and
is increased, but very slowly, by carefully dividing the tubers of its roots, when quiescent; taking
especial care that no moisture comes in contact with the wounded parts, until nature has healed tJiem
by dicing, and formed what the gardeners call a callus; that is, a dry and hardened external skin.