CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
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 lobatis integrisque, hispidis, obtusis; calycibus monophyllis, laciniis linearibus; floribus nigricantibus, dioicis; radice tuberosa.
Geranium with lobed, and entire leaves, hairy and obtuse; cups one leaved, segments linear; flowers blackish, with the chives and pointals distinct; root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement, natural size, the tube cut open.