PLATE XXXVJT. 



GERANIU M FRAGILE. 



Brittle-Jlalkcd Geranium. 



CLASS XVI. ORDER II. 



MONODELPHIJ DECANDRIJ. Threads united. Ten Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Monogyna. Stigmata 5. Fruclus rol'tratus, 

 5-coccus. 



One Pointal. Summits five. Fruit furnifhed 

 with long awns, five dry berries. 

 See Geranium Grandiflorum, Plate XII. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Geranium foliis carnofis, pinnatis; caulis fruti- 

 cofus, ramoius, fragilis; petalis linearibus, 

 pedunculis ere&is. 



Geranium with flefhy winged leaves; item 

 fhrubby, branched and brittle; petals linear, 

 fruit-ftalks upright. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement cut open, to fliew its tubular fhape to its bafe. 



2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize). 



3. The Pointal, (magnified). 



The Geranium fragile has in general (even fertile tips, and thus comes under Linnaeus's firft arrange- 

 ment; and Monf. L'Heritier's Genus Pelargonium. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was 

 introduced by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy in the year 1/92. This plant feldom grows more than a foot 

 high, but during the months of July, Auguft, and September, it is covered w ith bloffoms, which are 

 of a pale yellow, ftriped at the bottom with red, (landing nearly upright. It is rather a tender plant, 

 requiring a dry flovc, or hothoufe, to preferve it in winter, being very fubjecl to damp in the leaves; 

 is eafily propagated by cuttings, and thrives beft in rich mould. 



