MONSONIA speciosa.
Large-flowered Monsonia.
Mmsonia. Cal. 5-sepalus. Cor. 5-15, connata: urceolo filamenptoertaulma, i5n-cfiidsao.. SStatmig..
5 sessilia. Caps. 5, monospermae, aristatse, ad basin
receptaculi rostratae.
M. speciosa, foliis qninatis glabris; foliolis bipinnatis;
segmentis linearibus acutis, caule suffruticoso an-
guloso, pedunculis pilosis.
Monmsaognaiaz .s p7e3c. iosHa.a rItV. iKlldewm.. esdp.. 2p.i .v 3. .4 .p .p .7 1189.2 . BPotaarns,.
syn. 2. p. 238.
Geranium speciosum. Thunb. prod. p. 112. Cavan.
diss. 3. p. 179. t. 74. f . 1.
Stem suffrutescent with few branches. Branches
flexuose, weak, and slender, trailing except supported.
Leaves quinate, smooth; leaflets bipinnate; segments
lgirneeeanr , coalcouuter., riPgeidti,o lessm looontgh aanndd s lsehnidneirn,g ,n eoafr lya cdyalirnk
drical, pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, acute, fringed,
alonndg ejro itnheadn toth et hpee tbioalsees , osfl igthhetl yp eatniogluelsa. r, Pgeradduunacllelys
thickening upwards, slightly hairy. Involucre of about
w6 itbhr afrcitnegse; d bmreamctebsr asnuabcueolautse lym alrignienasr., Pcoedniccalvese ,s laigchuttley,
angular, thicker than the peduncle, clothed with long
unequal horizontal hairs. Sepals 5, nearly equal, lan-
ceolately elliptical, mucronate, 3-nerved from the base,
tmhaicrkglinys cmloethmebdr awnaicthe oulos.n g Pseptraelas d5i,n ge quunale,q uimalb rhicaairtes,,
widely obcordate, scalloped, with crenulate margins,
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