PLATE CCXXII. 



GERANIUM R A D I A T U M. 



Rayed- leaved Geranium. 



CLASS XVL ORDER IV. 

 MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



MoNOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. Frudliis rof- ij One Poixtal. Five fummits. Fruit furniftied 

 tratus, penta-coccus. || with long awns, five dry berries. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



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Geraniuin folils fub-obovatis, crafliulculis, inte- 

 gerrimis, radiatis, humi adpreflis; calyci- 

 bus monophyllis, laciniis eredis; floribus 

 pentandris, maximis, luteis; radice tube- 

 rofa. 



Geranium with leaves nearly obovate, thickifli, 

 quite entire, placed in a ray about the ftem, 

 and lying on the ground; cups of one leaf, 

 the fegments erect ; flowers with five fertile 

 chives, verj' large and yellow; root tuberous. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Cup laid open, to (hew its hollow ftrufture. 



2. The Chives and Pointal, natural fize. 



3. The Chives fpre.ad open, to tliew the number and fituation of the 



fertile ones. 



4. The Pointal, magnified. 



The only plants of this fpecies of Geranium are to be found in the Clapham coUedtion ; they were 

 among the lafl, received by Mr. Hibbert from the Cape, in ISOI. To affix any particular period as 

 the exact feafon of its flowering, would be premature ; as, the plant from which our figure was taken, 

 in the month of Augult, )aft year, had been kept conftantly in the. green-houfe; and, we muft pre- 

 fume, as the root arrived nearly dry, the regular feafon of its flowering mult have been materially 

 altered. It appears to flourifh in a light fandy foil. The propagation muft be from ihe feeds, or from 

 the root. 



