| Description | Botanical study of a specimen of geranium. Described in 'Corollarium Institutionum rei herbariae' (1703) by Josephi Pitton Tournefort, p.20. A specimen of this plant was also noted in 'A catalogue of the 50 Plants, from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal Society... 1724' by Isaac Rand, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society volume 33, issue 388 (1724), p.306.
Leafy green plant showing small purple flowers in bud. Inscribed in ink 'Geranium Chium vernum Caryophyllatae folio, T. Cor.' Not signed. |