MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinqué. Fructus rostratas,
pentacoccus.
P L A T E CCCLXXVIII.
GERANIUM FISSIFOLIUM.
Cloven-leaved Geranium,
C L A S S XVI. O R D E R IV.
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
ONE POINTAL. Five summits. Fruit furnished
with long awns, five dry berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
GERANIUM, radice tuberosa, pinnulis foliorum
inasqualiter fissis, scapis radicalibus simplicibus
numerosis.
GEKANIUM, with a tuberous root, the little
wings of the leaves unequally cloven, and
flower-stalks radical simple and numerous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The chives spread open.
3. The pointal and seed-bud.
4. The same magnified.
THIS charming species of tlie tuberous-rooted family of Geranium adds one more to the considerable
number in that branch of the g'enus, which we have already had the satisfaction of laying before our
subscribers : nor is it the last we hope to have it in our power to treat tliem with ; for we still possess
drawings of two or three more. As a species, it is extremely distinct; and as a beauty, rivalled by very
few of its affinities we are acquainted with. It does not appear to have been noticed by any author
witliin our knowledge; flowers at the same time as Geranium barbatum, requires the same treatment,
and belongs to L'Heritier's genus Erodium.
Our drawing was taken from the Clapham collection some time since ; but we cannot at present
procure any specimen of i t : which prevents us from describing it in a technical manner.
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