_Cal._ 2-labiatus. _Antheræ_ 5, oblongæ 5, subrotundæ. _Legumen_ coriaceum.
LUPINUS _perennis_ calycibus alternis inappendiculatis: labio superiore emarginato; inferiore integro. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 655._ _Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 28._
LUPINUS calycibus alternis, radice perenni repente. _Fl. Virg. 172._
LUPINUS cæruleus minor perennis virginianus repens. _Moris. hist. 2. p. 87. s. 2. t. 7. f. 6._
LUPINUS floribus cæruleis inodoris, in spicas longas digestis, radice reptatrice. _Clayt. n. 779._
Every species of Lupine described in the _Species Plantarum_ of LINNÆUS, and in the _Hortus Kewensis_ of Mr. AITON, except the one here figured, are annuals; till another perennial one therefore shall be discovered, the term _perennis_ will be strictly applicable to the present plant.
Its root is not only of the kind just mentioned, but creeping also; Mr. _Miller_ informs us, that he traced some of them belonging to plants of a year old, to the depth of three feet, they also spread out far and wide; hence the roots even of young plants are with difficulty taken up entire, and as they do not succeed well by transplanting, if the root be cut or broken, our excellent author prefers raising this elegant plant from seed, which, though not very plentifully produced, ripen in July and August; care must be taken to gather them as soon as ripe.
It is a native of Virginia, and appears to have been cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Oxford, as long since as 1658.
Is a hardy perennial, succeeding best in a dry situation, with a loam moderately stiff.
GERANIUM ANGULATUM. ANGULAR-STALKED CRANE'S-BILL.
_Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Cor._ 5-petala, regularis. _Nect._ glandulæ 5, melliferæ, basi longiorum filamentorum adnatæ. _Fructus_ 5-coccus, rostratus: _rostra_ simplicia, nuda, (nec spiralia nec barbata).
GERANIUM _angulatum_ foliis radicalibus subpartitis incisis hirsutis, caule erecto subangulato, petalis venosis.
Having cultivated the Geranium here figured for a series of years, we are perfectly satisfied of its being a species altogether distinct from any of the hardy and more ornamental plants of that genus usually cultivated in our gardens.
It is obviously distinguished by two characters, the angular appearance of its stalk (whence our name of _angulatum_) and its flesh-coloured blossoms, marked with veins of a deeper red.