The greater number of Geraniums which have been introduced of late, are of the tuberous herbaceous kind; drawings of 14 we have, independent of those already figured; constituting a distinguished, and distinct natural branch of this extensive family. For the most part, they have only five fertile chives with tubular empalements, some only two, and others seven, with the footstalk of the flower solid up to the bottom of the cup. This species is as yet, we believe, only in the Hibbertian Collection, Clapham, where our drawing was taken in April this year. The roots had been received in the autumn of 1800 from the Cape. It appears to require the same management as G. punctatum, and like it, may be increased by the root. [Illustration] PLATE CLIII. VIOLA PEDATA. _Bird’s-foot-leaved Violet._ CLASS XIX. ORDER VI. _SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, breve, persistens; foliolis ovato-oblongis, erectis, apice acutioribus, basi obtusis, supra basin affixis, æqualibus, sed dispositione variis: quorum duo fulciunt petalum α; singula singulum petalum β. γ.; unicum duo petala δ. ε. simùl. COROLLA pentapetala, irregularis, petalis inæqualibus; quorum. _Petalum_ α. _supremum_ rectum, deorsum spectans, latius, obtusius, emarginatum, desinens basi in nectarium corniculatum, obtusum, inter calycis foliola prominens. β. γ. _Lateralia_ paria, obtusa, opposita, recta. δ. ε. _Insima_ paria, majora, sursum reflexa. STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, minima, quorum duo petalo α. proxima appendicibus annexis intrant nectarium. Antheræ sæpius connexæ, obtusæ, membranis ad apicem auctæ. PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, extra antheras prominens. Stigma obliquum. PERICARPIUM. Capsula ovata, trigona, obtusa, unilocularis, trivalvis. SEMINA plura, ovata, appendiculata, valvis affixa. Receptaculum lineare, per singulam valvulam lineæ instar excurrens. _Obs. Stigma vel in hamum simplicem reflectitur, vel capitulum est concavum apice perforato._ CUP five-leaved, short, permanent; leaflets oblong-egg-shaped, erect, sharpish at the point, blunt at the bottom, joined together above the base, equal, but variously disposed; of which, two support petal α. one each petal β. γ. and one the two petals δ. ε. together. BLOSSOM five petals, irregular, unequal petals, of which _The upper petal_ α. is upright, bent back, broader, and blunter than the rest, notched at the end, terminating at the base in a blunt horn-shaped honey-cup, protruding between the leaflets of the cup. _The lateral petals_ β. γ. grow in pairs, obtuse, opposite, upright. _The lower petals_ δ. ε. grow in pairs, larger, and reflexed upwards. CHIVES. Five threads, very small; of which the two nearest to the petal α. have small appendages which enter the honey-cup, Tips generally united, blunt, enlarged by skinny substances at the end.