GERANIACEÆ. II. Monsonta. 
f. 1. Geranium specidsum, Thunb. Flowers large, rose-co- 
loured, eye purple, greenish outside. 
Var. B, pallida (Sweet, Ger. 1. t. 77.). Flowers straw-co- 
loured, with a red centre and dark velvety eye. 
Shewy Monsonia. Fl. April, May. Clt.1774. PI. + foot. 
Cult. Monsonia is a very shewy genus of herbaceous plants, 
therefore deserve to be cultivated in every greenhouse. Sweet says 
a mixture of light turfy loam and decayed leaves suits the species 
best, and they are easily increased by cuttings and by pieces of 
the roots; these should be planted in the same kind of soil re- 
commended for the plants, and a hand-glass placed over them. 
III. SARCOCAU'LON (from capi capkoc, sarx sarkos, flesh, 
and kavioc, kaulos, a stem; stem fleshy). Sweet, hort. brit. p. 
73. Monsonia, sect. 1. Sarcocatilon, D. C. prod. 1. p. 638. 
Monsonia, Lher. ger. t. 42. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Dodecdndria. Calyx of 5 equal 
mucronately-awned sepals. Petals 5, equal, twice as large as the 
sepals. Stamens 15, joined together in one body at the base. 
—Shrubs with fleshy, spiny stems, and ovate or oblong, entire 
or toothed leaves. Peduncles 1-flowered, each furnished at the 
base with 2 small bracteas. Petals entire. ~ 
1 S. L’neririe'ri (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 73.) leaves ovate, 
mucronate, entire, some of them are almost sessile, others on 
long stalks. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mon- 
sonia spindsa, Lher. ger. t. 42. M. L’heritiéri, D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 638. Petioles permanent, spiny. Flowers 2 inches in dia- 
meter, purple. 
L’Heritier’s Sarcocaulon. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1790. Sh. 2 ft. 
2 S. Patersonir; leaves oblong-wedge-shaped, blunt, entire, 
some of them are almost sessile, others on short petioles. h .G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Monsonia Patersonii, 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 638.—Paters. itin. t. 14. Flowers an inch in 
diameter, purple. Peduncles, according to the figure, spinescent. 
Paterson’s Sarcocaulon. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1827. Sh. 1 ft. 
3 S. Burma’nni (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 73.) leaves oblong- 
cuneated, crenate; branches knotted. k. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Monsdnia Burmanni, D. C. prod. 1. p. 
638. Geranium spindsum, Burm. ger. no. 2. Cav. diss. 4. p. 
195. t. 75. f. 2.—Burm. afr. p. 81. t. 31. Leaves, according 
to the figures, some are sessile, others on long petioles. Petioles 
permanent, at length becoming spines. Flowers half an inch 
in diameter, purple. Stamens are said to be 10, but the 
number is not sufficiently known. Fruit with twisted awns. 
Burmann’s Sarcocaulon. Fl. July. Clt. 1790. Shrub 1 ft. 
Cult. This is a genus of curious spiny shrubs, bearing beau- 
tiful large flowers, sometimes 2 inches in diameter. The species 
thrive well in a mixture of turfy loam, decayed leaves, and a 
little sand ; and cuttings and slips of the roots will root readily 
n good mould, under a hand-glass. 
IV. GERANIUM (from yepavoc, geranos, a crane, the long 
ak which terminates the carpels resembles the bill of the 
crane). Lher. ger. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 844. 
Lix. sysr. Monadélphia, Decándria. Calyx of 5 equal 
sepals (f. 119. a.). Petals 5, equal (f. 119. b.). Stamens 10, 
5 of which are fertile and larger than the sterile 5, alternating 
with each other, with a nectariferous gland at the base of. each 
of the larger stamens. Awns of carpels smooth on the inside, 
at length separating clastically from the base to the apex of the 
axis, where it adheres, circinnately revolute.—Herbs, rarely 
subshrubs, with palmate-lobed leaves, and 1-2-flowered pe- 
duncles, bearing usually beautiful flowers of various hues. 
§ 1. Perennials. Peduncles 1-flomered. 
* Plants stemless. 
1 G. SESSILIFLÒRUM (Cav. diss. 4. p. 198. t. 77. f. 2.) stem- 
III. Sarcocauton. IV. Geranium. 715 
less; peduncles rising from the root, much shorter than the 
petioles; leaves reniform, 5-7-parted, with 3-cleft lobes. 
Y. H. Native of the Straits of Magellan. G. brévipes, 
Lher. mss. Flowers purplish. 
Sessile-flowered Crane’s-bill. Pl. $ foot. 
2 G. acav're (Willd. mss. in H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 
5. p. 231.) stemless; peduncles rising from the root, short ; 
leaves many-parted, with linear, quite entire segments. %. G. 
Native of South America on the Andes about Quito, at the 
height of 6600 feet above the level of the sea. Flowers red. 
Stemless Crane’s-bill. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 G. Humporptn (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 70.) almost stemless ; 
leaves 5-parted, thick, hoary beneath; segments linear, inter- 
mediate one trifid; peduncles very short; calyxes and fruit 
silky. Y%.F. Native of South America. G.  potentilloides, 
Willd. herb. 
Humboldt’s Crane’s-bill. P1. } foot. 
4 G. sericeum (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 70.) 
stem very dwarf, woody ; petioles dilated, divided; leaves mul- 
tifid, silky-villous; segments linear. Y%.G. Native of South 
America. 
Silky Crane’s-bill. P1. 4 foot. 
* * Stems trailing or tufted. 
5 G. cucutta‘tum (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. 5. p. 231.) tufted ; 
branches leafy ; peduncles a little longer than the leaves ; leaves 
5-parted, hollow, ciliated, smooth, intermediate segments bifid 
or trifid; calyxes mucronated. %. G. Native on mountains 
about Popayan. G. cilidtum, Willd. herb. Flowers reddish. 
Hollow-leaved Crane’s-bill. Pl. 4 foot. 
6 G. pHiconotuum (D. C. prod. 1. p.639.) stems prostrate ; 
peduncles longer than the petioles, furnished with bracteas at the 
base, usually twisted; leaves kidney-shaped, 3-5-parted, with 
wedge-shaped lobes, which are 3-toothed at the apex. 2. G. Na- 
tive of New Holland on the south-west coast. Habit almost of 
Ranúnculus parviflorus or R. philonòtis, but the plant is smooth. 
Marsh-loving Crane’s-bill. Pl. trailing. 
7 G. POTENTILLODES (Lher. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 639.) 
stems prostrate; peduncles longer than the petioles, and furnish- 
ed above the middle with 2 bracteas; leaves kidney-shaped, 
5-parted, with trifid lobes. X4. G. Native of New Holland. 
Cinquefoil-like Crane’s-bill. Pl. trailing. , 
8 G. aracuNnoipeum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 102. t. 20.) ele- 
gantly hairy ; stem decumbent, slender, branched ; radical leaves 
kidney-shaped, 7-parted, with narrow, Janceolate, trifid seg- 
ments ; peduncles filiform, elongated ; fruit villous. Y. G. Na- 
tive of Brazil in the province of St. Paul. Petals emarginate, red. 
Cobwebbed Crane’s-bill. Pl. trailing. 
9 G. MULTIFIDUM (Sweet, ger. 245. but not of D. Don,) stem 
branched, diffuse, slender, pubescent; leaves silky, white be- 
neath, quinate, or deeply 5-parted ; leaflets and segments 3-part- 
ed, multifid, linear; peduncles elongated, 1-2-flowered ; sepals 
silky, 3-nerved ; petals emarginate, much longer than the calyx. 
y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals rose-coloured, 
bearded at the base. Filaments slightly fringed. 
Multifid-leaved Crane’s-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1825. Pl. 
prostrate. . . 
10 G. Lancasrriz’xse (With. fl. brit. 600.) stem prostrate, 
rather tumid at the joints; peduncles axillary, much longer 
than the petioles, furnished with 2 bracteas in the middle ; 
leaves opposite, 5-7-parted, with trifid lobes ; lobules linear. 
u.H. Native of Europe on the sandy sea-coast ; in England 
on the sandy coast in the Isle of Walney, Lancashire. Flowers 
large, beautiful, flesh-coloured, with purple veins. G. pros- 
tràtum, Cav. diss. 4. p. 196. t. 76. f. 3. l 
Lancashire Crane’s-bill. Fl. July, Sept. Brit. 
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Pl. trailing. 
