| (seq. 1)Botanical Memorandum
1790 June 1st Found a plant to appearance
of the second Monogynia Class — but could not find
it in the Dr Cutlers Botanical paper — mentioned
it to Capt Sargent who enclosed the plant and
sent it to him with his thoughts respecting it
& on receiving an answer Mr Sargent
communicated the contents to me — of which the following
is an Extract.
''The plant is a Geranium of ye [the]
Monadelphia Class, & decandria order. It is No 832
in ye late editions of Linn. Gen. Plant System
Vegetablinum. You will find it in my botanical
paper p 469 — Common Cranesbill. In an advanced
stage of the blossoms, the filaments appear
unconnected, & would naturally be supposed to belong
to ye decandria monogynia, but if you examine the
blossoms just as it is expanding, you will observe
ye filaments united at ye base, & seperate at the top
wch [which] is an essential character in the monodelphia
Class. This character is not so strong in this
species of ye Cranes-bill as in many others,
but there is a striking family likeness in the
fructification & habit of all the species of ye
Geranium, & ought to be placed under the same
Genus." | (seq. 1)Botanical Memorandum
1790 June 1st Found a plant to appearance
of the second Monogynia Class — but could not find
it in the Dr Cutlers Botanical paper — mentioned
it to Capt Sargent who enclosed the plant and
sent it to him with his thoughts respecting it
& on receiving an answer Mr Sargent
communicated the contents to me — of which the following
is an Extract.
''The plant is a Geranium of the
Monadelphia Class, & decandria order. It is No 832
in the late editions of Linn. Gen. Plant System
Vegetablinum. You will find it in my botanical
paper p 469 — Common Cranesbill. In an advanced
stage of the blossoms, the filaments appear
unconnected, & would naturally be supposed to belong
to the decandria monogynia, but if you examine the
blossoms just as it is expanding, you will observe
the filaments united at the base, & seperate at the top
wch [which] is an essential character in the monodelphia
Class. This character is not so strong in this
species of the Cranes-bill as in many others,
but there is a striking family likeness in the
fructification & habit of all the species of the
Geranium, & ought to be placed under the same
Genus." |
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