POINTAL. Seed-bud with four divisions. Shaft thread-shaped, of the length and situation of the chives. Summit cloven, sharp-pointed. SEED-VESSEL none. The cup scarce changed. SEEDS four, egg-shaped, angular. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Stachys verticillis sexfloris; foliis ovato-oblongis, basi cordatis, crenatis; floribus coccineis. Clownheal with six flowered whorls; leaves oblong-egg-shaped, heart-shaped at the base, scolloped; flowers scarlet. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Cup, natural size. 2. The Blossom cut open, with the chives in their place. 3. The Seed-buds and Pointal, the summit detached, magnified. 4. The Seed-buds, magnified. Although this species of Stachys must be considered as an herbaceous plant, yet the stem, if kept in the green-house, may be preserved; and therefore, as it is too tender to bear our winters, in the open ground, we must consign it to that station. It is a native of South America; is easily propagated by cuttings; flowers in the month of July, or August, and thrives in rich mould. The figure was taken from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, where, we believe, it flowered for the first time in Britain. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXI. GERANIUM PINNATUM. _Winged-leaved Geranium._ CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. _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. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Geranium foliis pinnatis; foliolis subrotundo-ovatis, hirsutis; floribus flavis, staminibus quinque fertilibus; scapo polystachio; radice tuberosa. Geranium with winged leaves; leaflets rather round-egg-shaped, and hairy; flowers yellow; five fertile chives; flower-stem branched; root tuberous. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A Flower-cup, natural size, cut open. 2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size. 3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified. 4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified. The specific title of this plant, originally, belonged to a species which is, now, confounded amongst the numerous variety of Geranium lacerum. And, indeed, the present plant is taken as a synonim, by Willdenow, with G. astragalifolium, of which we have given a figure in a preceding number. This was among the first of the tuberous kind of Geraniums known to our gardens. Mr. F. Masson, according to the Kew Catalogue, first introduced it to the Kew Gardens in 1788. It has nothing particular in its character to require a different treatment from the rest of the tuberous species. Our drawing was made from a plant in the Hammersmith Collection, in March 1801. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXII. STYPHELIA VIRIDIS. _Green-flowered Styphelia._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX imbricatus. Corolla tubulosa. Stamina fauci inserta. Drupa quinque-locularis. Semina bina.