Description | Botanical study of a specimen of geranium. Described by Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician, in his book 'Index alter plantarum quae in horto academico Lugduno-Batavo aluntur' (1720). 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.
Plant with green leaves, showing small purple flowers open and in bud. Inscribed in ink 'Geranium folio alceae tenuiter laciniato flore pentapetalo purpurascente semine tenui, Boerh. Ind. alt 266'. Not signed. |