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PLATE CXXXVI. 



GERANIUM 



CRASSIFOLIUM 



Thick-leaved Geranium, 



CLASS 



XYI. 



ORDER 



lY. 



MONJ DELPHI A DECJNDRIA. 



Threads united. 



of Supp I. Sij[/iem . 

 Veg. 1781. 



Ten Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTEK. - 



4 



MoNOGYNA. Stigmata 5.' Fruaus rollratus, 

 penta-coccus. 



One Pointal. Five fummits. Fruit furnlflied 



with long awns, five dry berries. 

 See Geranium grandiflorum, PI. XII. Vol. I. 



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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Geranium foliisacuminatis, lobato-plnnatis, fub- 

 carnofis, laciniis inequaliter dentatisj pe- 

 dunculis fubquadriflorisj floribus pentan- 

 drisj petalis aequalibus, purpureis. 





Geranium with leaves tapering to the point, 

 winged in lobes and rather fle%, the feg- 

 ments unequally toothed; foot-fialks gene- 

 rally four flowers; the flowers have five fer- 

 tile tips J petals equal and purple. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1. The Empalement. 



2. One Petal of the BloflTom. 



3. The Chives and Pointal. 



4. The Chives, fpread open. 



5, 



6. 



The fame, magnified. 

 The Pointal, magnified. 



The thick-leaved Geranium is a native of the ifland of Cyprus, and was introduced by Dr. Sibthorpe 

 on his return rroin vifit no- dip rir^^ior, ;/i^„j„ :„ ^.u ...„„,. ... ^ . ^ 



W^nnTni «i . . u ^ . ;, ^'""""' ^"^uu:,, in me year \^m. it is, we think, no more than a 

 fown in fh f'.T f^'''^ ^''"^'^ '^" ^^'^""^ ^^"'^^^ ^"^ b^^ ^^-Jy the firft. If the feeds are 

 feeds xf ken?- n u '"'> '^' P''"*^ ^^" ^"^^^ '^' ^"^-"g -^'-^^' --^ S^--r.ny produce ripe 

 L'HeritL^^^^^^ fl-ltered and warm fituation. This plant is unqueftionably the true Erodium of 

 l^Heritier, and thole who admit of that, 'nnn^r^tioT, K..;„„., 2. ., ^ ..., - 



diftin6tion 



tial part neceffaiy to his Genus. 



