Volume 6 — PLATE CCCLXXVIII.

GERANIUM FISSIFOLIUM.

Cloven-leaved Geranium.

CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.

MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, pentacoccus.

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.

Geranium, radice tuberosa, pinnulis foliorum inæqualiter fissis, scapis radicalibus simplicibus numerosis.

Geranium, with a tuberous root, the little wings of the leaves unequally cloven, and flower-stalks radical simple and numerous.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This charming species of the tuberous-rooted family of Geranium adds one more to the considerable number in that branch of the genus, 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 them 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 within our knowledge; flowers at the same time as Geranium barbatum, requires the same treatment, and belongs to L’Hertier’s genus Erodium.

Our drawing was taken from the Clapham collection some time since; but we cannot at present procure any specimen of it: which prevents us from describing it in a technical manner.