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GEUM coccineum. 
Scarlet Geum. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. Tribus Dryadeæ Vent. Dec. 
GEUM L.—Cal. tubus concavus, limbus 5-fidus extus 5-bracteolatus. 
Petala 5. Stamina 00. Carpella exsucca caudata in capitulum disposita, 
styli parte inferiore post anthesin induratá uncinatá superiore decidua. 
Semen ascendens. Herbe ; foliis pinnatis, foliolo ultimo maximo. 
G. coccineum ; foliis caulinis trilobis, radicalibus lyratis, lobo terminali maxi- 
mo cordato-reniformi, floribus erectis coccineis. Seringe in Decand. 
prodr. 2. 551. 
? G. coccineum. Smith Fl. Grac. prodr. 1. 354. Spreng. syst. 2. 542. 
G. chiloense. Balbis MSS. 
Caulis erectus, 14-2-pedalis, ramosus, glandulosus, pilosus. Folia radi- 
calia pinnata, villosa, sublyrata, foliolis ovatis incisis, alternatim minoribus, 
ultimo maximo cordato, subtrilobo, crenato-serrato ; caulina tripartita vel 
triloba, incisa, stipulis magnis subrotundis 2-3-dentatis. Flores paniculati, 
erecti. Calyx 5-fidus, tomentosus, extus 5-bracteolatus. Petala calyce 
longiora, Dr RENE emarginata, ciliata, cum staminibus persistentibus, 
intense crocea. Styli glabri, supra medium geniculatim refracti, pilosi ; parte 
superiore decidud teneriore. Carpella obovata, villosa, stylo indurato uncinato 
coronata. 
_ For this extremely beautiful perennial, the public is 
indebted to M. Balbis, of Lyons, by whom it has been 
communicated to most of the principal gardens of Europe. 
Quite hardy, and flowering in a common border, ex- 
posed to the north, from May to August. Our drawing 
was made in such a situation in the garden of the Horticul- 
- tural Society, by whom it was received from M. Balbis, 
in 1826. The brilliancy of its blossoms 1s unrivalled 
among the dwarf inhabitants of the flower garden. It 
requires no particular treatment. 
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