MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Monogyna. Stigmata quinque.
Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
One Pointal. Five summits.
Fruit furnished with long awns; five dry berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium foliis radicalibus, integris laciniatisque, petiolis filiformibus; calycibus monophillis; staminibus quinque fertilibus; radice tuberosa; floribus purpureis.
Geranium with leaves growing from the root, entire and jagged, footstalks thread-shaped; cups one-leaved; five fertile chives; root tuberous; flowers purple.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.