2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.
3. The Chives spread open, to shew the number and situation of the fertile ones.
4. The Pointal, magnified.
The only plants of this species of Geranium are to be found in the Clapham collection; they were among the last, received by Mr. Hibbert from the Cape, in 1801. To affix any particular period as the exact season of its flowering, would be premature; as, the plant from which our figure was taken, in the month of August, last year, had been kept constantly in the green-house; and, we must presume, as the root arrived nearly dry, the regular season of its flowering must have been materially altered. It appears to flourish in a light sandy soil. The propagation must be from the seeds, or from the root.[Pg 318]
PLATE CCXXIII.
CLUSIA FLAVA.
Yellow-flowered Balsam-Tree.
CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. Various dispositions. Upon one plant.
GENERIC CHARACTER.