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~Geranium striatum. Striped Geranium.~


_Class and Order._

~Monadelphia Decandria.~

_Generic Character._

Monogynia. _Stigmata_ 5. _Fructus_ rostratus 5-coccus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

GERANIUM _striatum_ pedunculis bifloris, foliis quinquelobis: lobis
medio dilatatis, petalis bilobis venosoreticulatus. _Linn. Syst.
Vegetab. p. 616._

GERANIUM _striatum_ pedunculis bifloris, foliis caulinis trilobis,
obtuse crenatis. _Miller's Dict._

GERANIUM Romanum versicolor sive striatum.

The variable striped Cranesbill. _Park. Parad. p. 229._

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This species is distinguished by having white petals, finely reticulated
with red veins, and the corners of the divisions of the leaves marked