Pericarpium nullum. Fructus pentacoccus, rostratus.
Semina solitaria, reniformia, sæpe arillata; Arista longissima, demum spirali.
Empalement. Cup five leaves: leaves egg-shaped, sharp pointed, concave, and permanent.
Blossom. Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, or egg shaped, spreading, and large.
Chives. Ten threads, awl-shaped and shorter than the blossom. Tips oblong, easily turned round.
Pointal. Seed-bud five-angled, and beaked. Shaft awl-shaped, longer than the chives and remaining. Five reflexed summits.
Seed-vessel none. Fruit five dry berries, beaked.
Seeds, solitary, kidney-shaped, often furnished with a dry husky coat, and a very long awn, which become spiral.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium, calycibus monophyllis, foliis quinque-lobis, glabris, dentatis; floribus amplissimis. sub-albidis.