PLATE XII.
GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM.
Largest flowered Crane’s-bill.
CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, concavis, persistentibus.
Corolla. Petala quinque, obcordata, seu ovata, patentia, magna.
Stamina. Filamenta decem, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, versatiles.
Pistillum. Germen quinquangulare, rostratum. Stylus subulatus, staminibus longior, persistens. Stigmata quinque, reflexa.