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G^ UM^ chilense ; var. grandifldrum. 



Chilian Geum ; large-flowered variety. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosaceje. 

 GEUM.—Suprd, vol 13. fol 



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G. chitense ; foliis caulinis tripartitis laciniatis radicalibus interrupt^ lyrati^ 

 pilosis : lobo terminali rotundatb subtrilobo crenato, floribus paniculatis; 

 carpellis villosissimis. 



G. chilense. Balbis in Dec. prodr. 2. 551. , 



G- coccineum. Seringe in Dec. prodr. 2. 551. Suprd, vol. 13. fol 1088, 

 non Florae Gr^cte. *« 



G. Quellyon. Hort. 



fi* grandiflorum ; floribus duplb majoribus, colore multb iniensiore. , 



When this species was published, at fol. 1088, we had 

 had no means of ascertaining whether it was the same 



, _ At 



th 



the Greek plant G. coccineum, or distinct from 



e same time we stated, that it 



ndoubtedly the 



Chilian species, undistinguishable from specimens collected 

 in the vicinity of Coquimbo by Mr. M'Rae. We have 

 since had an opportunity, in consequence of the Herbarium 



connected with the Flora Graeca having been confided ' 

 our ■ o - . 



charg 



of examining what remains of the original 



fpecimen of G. coccineum ; and we are now satisfied that 



It IS 



^eft, but the 



ally distinct. In this specimen no flowers are 



have a very large terminal lobe, and 



minute lateral ones, so as to exhibit a different gen 



appearance 



" Geum radiculas tenues habet, nlgras, ben^ olentes ; medetur non 

 pectoris doloribus aut lateris, sed et cruditates discutit jucundo 

 , . -" Plin. hist. I. 26. c. 7. Hence, according to some, it is derived 

 Ih " ^''*'. ^° >^*^e ; but then it cannot have been our Geum urbanum, as is 

 ought, for its taste is any thing rather than pleasant. 



mode 

 sapo 



from 



