Volume 4 — PLATE CCXXIV. GERANIUM REFLEXUM. Reflexed-leaved Geranium.

CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.

MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives united. Ten Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.

One Pointal. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry berries.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Geranium foliis longe petiolatis, trifoliatis; foliolis lobato incisis, recurvis; floribus umbellatis, pentandris; staminibus duobus superioribus stigmatibusque reflexis; radice tuberosa.

Geranium with leaves that have long foot-stalks, and three leaflets; leaflets gash-lobed, and rolled back; flowers grow in umbels, have five fertile chives, with the two upper chives and the summits reflexed; root tuberous.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. The Chives and Pointal.

3. The Chives spread open, magnified.

4. The Pointal, magnified.

This pretty Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, is another of those which were introduced by G. Hibbert, Esq. in the year 1800, through the medium of Mr. Niven. The root being tuberous, we judge that from a division of the smaller lobes it is to be increased. From the reflexed character, which pervades the whole plant, petals, leaves, parts of fructification, &c. we have adopted our specific title. The cultivation is the same, as for the other tuberous species of this genus. Our figure was made at Clapham in the month of July 1801.