PLATE CLXXIII. 
GERANIUM ROSEUM. 
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Rofy Geranium. 
CLASS XVL ORDER Iv. 
. MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives. 
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ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mownoerna, Stigmata quinque. Fruétus rof- 
tratus, penta-coccus. 
One Pointat. Five Summits. Fruit furnithed 
with long awns, five dry berries, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Geranium foliis incifo-lobatis, tomentofis, lobis Geranium with deeply-gafhed, lobed, downy 
crenatis, obtufis; pedunculis multifloris ; leaves, the lobes {colloped and blunt; flower- 
floribus ereétis, confertis, rofeis, pentan- stems many flowered; the flowers erect, 
dris; calycibus monophyllis; radice tube- crowded, rofe-coloured and with five tips; 
rofa, eo cups one-leaved; root tuberous. 
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REFERENCE TO THE-PLATE, 
1, The Empalement, with its hollow tube cut open. 
2. The Chives cut open. 
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits. 
ci a Pee ne 
Asour the year 1794, this fpecies of Geranium was firft introduced to the Royal Gardens, Kew, by 
Mr. Francis Maflon, ‘from the Cape of Good Hope. Of all the tuberous kind, this is, certainly, the 
fpecious yet in England; it flowers generally about March, in which month, our drawing was 
made, from a fpecimen in the 
us, that the propagation is very 
produce nwo branches, and that the feeds do not ripen; he Keeps it in a mixture of rotten leaves, and 
fandy peat, in which, it has every appearance of luxuriant health, 
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See GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM. PI.XII.Vol.I. ~ 
nurfery of Mr. J. Colville, King’s Road, Chelfea. Mr. Colville informs 
difficult, and only to be'performed by the root; as the plant does not 
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