Geranium Radula. Rasp-Leav'd Geranium.
Class and Order.
Monadelphia Decandria.
Generic Character.
Monogyna. Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
GERANIUM revolutum pedunculis subbifloris, foliis multifidis linearibus scabris ad oras revolutis, caule arboreo. Jacq. ic. 133. collect. 1. p. 84.
GERANIUM Radula. Cavanill. Diss. 4. p. 262. t. 101. f. 1.
This is one of the numerous tribe of Geraniums introduced from the Cape since the time of Miller: it takes the name of Radula, which is the Latin term for a rasp or file, from the rough rasp-like surface of the leaves.