PLATE CCCCXIII, 
GERANIUM HYMENODES. 
Ternate-leaved Geranium. 
CLASS AVE ORDER Iv. 
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives, — 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mownoeywa. Stigmata quinque. Fructus ros- One Porntat. Five summits. Fruit beaked, 
tratus pentacoccus., five berries. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Geranium, pedunculis multifloris, foliis ob- GerRANIuM, with many-flowered peduncles, 
tusis inciso-dentatis, inferioribus ternatis, obtuse gash-dentated leaves, the inferior 
superioribus trilobis, caule erecto. ones ternate, the superior three-lobed, and 
an erect stem. 
Geranium (frifolium) caule herbaceo crasso ramoso, foliis radicalibus ternatis lobatis, caulinis oppositis 
simplicibus lobatis, petalis venosis, superioribus maculatis. Cav. Diss, 4. p. 223. tab. 97. fig. 3. 
Eropium hymenodes. L’Herit. Geran. tab. 4, 
Eropium hymenodes, Willd. Spec. Pl. 3. 635. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The empalement and parts of fructification. 
2. The seed-bud, chives and pointal magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointals. 
4. The same magnified. 
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Tue ternate-leaved Geranium belongs to L’Heritier’s genus Erodium. It is a native of mountainous, 
rocky situations, in the northern parts of Africa; but has been cultivated in most of our best col- 
lections of exotics several seasons ; yet is not so frequently met with as it deserves to be, on account 
of the unusual delicacy in the veining and spotting of its flowers; which, from their size and number, 
make a good appearance ; and are produced in succession most part of the year. The plant itself is 
of very humble, scarcely shrubby growth ; yet rises somewhat higher than the real tuberous species ; 
to which, however, in its contracted, thickened stems, it betrays a considerable affinity. It is propagated 
teadily by seeds, and likewise by cuttings ; and stands out in the open ground in mild winters uninjured, 
although it is generally killed in severe ones ; which renders it necessary to preserve a supply of it 
in the conservatory. 
