PLATE CLVIII.
GERANIUM ECHINATUM. Var. flore rubro-purpureo.
Prickly-stalked Geranium. Red-purple flowered Var.
CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. of Suppl. Syst. Veg. 1781.
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Monogyna. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.
One Pointal. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry berries.
See Geranium Grandiflorum. Pl. XII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.