PLATE CCLIV.
GERANIUM PROCUMBENS.
Procumbent Geranium.
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.
One Pointal. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry berries.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Geranium caule subcarnoso, prostrato; foliis cordatis, lobatis, crenato-dentatis; calycibus pentaphyllis; floribus tetrandris, corollis irregularibus.
Geranium with the stem rather fleshy, and prostrate; leaves heart-shaped, lobed, between scolloped and toothed; cups with five leaves; flowers with four fertile chives; blossoms irregular.