PLATE CXCIII. 



GERANIUM LINE ARE. 



Lmea7'-petalled Geranium. 



CLASS XVL ORDER IV. 

 MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



MoNOGYNA. Stigmata quiiique. 

 Fructus roftratus, 5-coccus. 



One PoiNTAL. Five Summits. 



Fruit furniihed with long awns ; five dry 



berries. 

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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Geranium foliis lanceolatis, obtufis, fubfinu- 

 atis; petalis fubaequalibus, liitearibus; flo- 

 ribus pentandris ; radice tuberofa. 



Geranium with leaves lauce-fliaped, obtufe, 

 and a little Icolloped at the edges; petals 

 nearly equal, linear; flowers with five fer- 

 tile chives; root tuberous. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement cut open, to (hew its hollow ftrufture. 



2. The Chives and Pointal natural fize. 



3. The Chives fpread open, magnified. 



4. The Pointal, magnified. 



This is another of thofe curious tuberous Geraniums, which have been introduced, to this country, 

 by Mr. Niven ; who was fent to the Cape of Good Hope by G. Hibbert, Efq. for the lole pi::, r^ of 

 enriching his Gardens and Herbarium, (now, we prefume, the firfl in Europe) with the vegetable pro- 

 duAions of that country. It has no apparent difference, in habit, to require any other treatment than 

 has been mentioned in the former part of this work, as neceffary to the reft of its congeners. Our 

 drawing was taken, from the Claphara Colleftion, in July 1801 ; the roots having been received the 

 preceding autumn. 



