PLATE CCLIV. 



GERANIUM P R O C U IM B E N S. 



Procumbe?it Geran'iinn. 



CLASS XVL ORDER IV. 

 MOXADELPIHA DECAXDRLl. Threads united. Ten Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



MoNOGYSA. Stigmata quinque. Frudus rdf- 

 tratus, 5 coccus. 



One PoiNTAt.. Five fiimmits. Fruit fui-nifiied 

 wiih long awns, five dry berries. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Geranium canle fubcarnofo, proftrato; foliis cor- 

 datis, lobatis, crenato-dentatis; ca!3'clbus 

 pentapliyllis; floribus tetrandris, corollis 

 irregularibus. 



Geranium with the ftem ratlicr fiefliy, and prof- 

 ir.ite; leaves heart-fiiaped, lobcd, between 

 fcolloped and toothed; cups wiih five leaves; 

 flowers with four fertile chives; bloffoms 

 irregular. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Enipalemeiit. 



2. The Chives fpreaJ open, and magnified. 



3. The Pointal, and Seed buds, magnified. 



This pretty Geranium is rather a delicate plant, and muft be kept very dry in the winter; as, from 

 the fituation of its brandies, which are prelfed to the earth, and rather fleiliy, they will be very apt 

 to rot, .if too often watert d, or placed in a damp part of the green houle. It was introduced in the 

 the year 1781 , by G. Hibbert, Efq. in whofe colKftion, only, we have as yet feen it. Mr. All< n in- 

 forms us, that it is to be propagated as well by cuttings, as from the feeds, which it does not produce 

 plentifully. It has the appearance, if we may judge by analogy, to be but a biennial, and not an 

 abiding plant. It flowers in April and May, and ihould be jjlantf d in light rich earth. 



Here we have a botanical treat for the karncd, who liave .-.dopted the new armngement of this very 

 vagarious tribe; for in this one plant are united fome of the moll effential charaftcrs of the three 

 L'Heritierian Genera, which, jultly, formed but divifians of Linnxus's original genus; agreeing with 

 Geranium and Erodium in the neft.iriferous cup ; with Pelargonium in the blolfom and feed ; but dif- 

 fering from all three, in having but four fertile chives, with fix abjortive ones. A i.\&. afcertiin^d by 

 the examination of above fifty flowers, taken frcra four ditTereut plants. 



