2. A Petal of the Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Pointal separated from the Chives. 5. A Berry of the size when ripe. About the year 1763, this plant was first raised in Britain, from seeds which had been received from the Island of Madeira, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It forms one of the most decorative and conspicuous plants, either in the Conservatory, or Green-house; and if encouraged in its growth, by being planted in the border of the one; or kept in rich earth, in a large pot in the other, will attain the height of from 6 to 8 feet. The finest specimen we believe, in England, of this plant is to be found in the elegant Conservatory of the Right Honourable Lord R. Spencer, Woolbedding, Sussex. The flowers, which grow in clusters from the ends of the branches in May, have the flavour of Jasmine; but are rather transitory. It is propagated but slowly and with difficulty, as it does not perfect its seeds with us, and it is not to be increased by laying: the only method is cuttings, which should be taken whilst very young and tender from the plant, about April, and put from 6 to 8 in a pot, fixed very tight, in stiffish loam; they must remain under a hand-glass on a shady border till Autumn, when they may be removed into the hot-house and plunged into the bark bed, where they will begin to grow the ensuing spring. [Illustration] PLATE CLII. GERANIUM SPATHULATUM. _Spatula-leaved Geranium._ CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _of Suppl. Syst. Veg. 1781._ _MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Threads united. Ten Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. MONOGYNA. Stigmata quinque. 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. GERANIUM foliis integerrimis, spathulatis, glabris, obtusis, radicalibus; calycibus monophyllis; staminibus quinque fertilibus; radice tuberosa. GERANIUM with quite entire leaves, spatula-shaped, smooth, blunt, and growing from the root; cups one-leaved; five fertile chives; root tuberous. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its hollow structure. 2. The Chives and Pointal natural size. 3. The Chives spread open, to shew the number and situation of the fertile ones, which are alternate. 4. The Pointal magnified.