GERANIACEZ. V. Eropium. 
48 E. croipes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 99. t. 19.) stem herba- 
ceous, prostrate, hairy; leaves pinnate; leaflets 5-7, ovate, 
roundish, deeply toothed, 2 lower ones free, sessile, the rest con- 
fluent; stipulas ovate, triangular; peduncles 4-6-flowered. ©. 
H. Native of Brazil at the river Plate. Flowers purple. 
Geum-like Heron’s-bill. Pl. prostrate. 
* * * Stemless, or almost so. 
49 E. aspLentoipes (Willd. spec. 3. p. 635.) plant villously 
pubescent, stemless ; peduncles many-flowered ; leaves ternate ; 
leaflets obovate, obtuse, deeply toothed, terminal one somewhat 
lobed. 2%. F. Native of the north of Africa on the mountains 
of Sbiba. Geranium asplenioides, Desf. atl. 2. p. 109. t. 168. 
E. miticum, Lher. ined. Root thick. Corolla purplish-violet, 
twice the length of awnless calyx. 
Spleen-nort-like Heron’s-bill. PI. 4 foot. 
50 E. Arpvuinum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 637.) stemless; leaves 
cordate, 5-lobed, crenated, blunt ; peduncles many-flowered. 
Y.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Geranium Ardui- 
num, Lin. spec. 952. Flowers ? 
Arduin’s Heron’s-biil. P). 4 foot. 
51 E. Reicna’ro1 (D. C. prod. 1. p. 649.) plant almost stem- 
less, tufted; leaves small, cordate, crenated, obtuse, smoothish ; 
peduncles 1-flowered ; petals larger than the calyx. Y.H. 
Native of Majorca. Geranium Reichardi, Murr. comm. goett. 
1780. p. 11. t. 3. G. parvulum, Scop. ins. 8. t. 3. f. B. E. 
chamædryoìdes, Lher. ger. t. 6. exclusive of the synonyme of 
Bocconi. Curt. bot. mag. t.18. Flowers white. 
Reichard’s Heron’s-bill. Fl. Apr. Sep. Clt. 1783. Pl. 4 ft. 
**** Stems suffruticose. 
52 E. wymenoipes (Lher. ger. t. 4.) stem erect, branched, 
shrubby at the base; branches clothed with long, soft hairs ; 
peduncles many-flowered; leaves somewhat 3-lobed or 3- 
parted, very blunt, deeply toothed; stipulas and bracteas sca- 
nous, ovate ; calyxes awnless. h. G. Native on Mount 
Atlas in fissures of rocks. Sweet, ger. t. 23. Geranium geif dlium, 
Desf. atl. 2, p- 108. G. trifdlium, Cav. diss. 4. t. 97. f. 3. 
E. trilobàtum, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 508. Flowers pink ; 
upper petals with a reddish-brown spot at the base. 
Hymen-like Heron’s-bill. Fl. year. Clt. 1789. Sh. I foot. 
53 E. arporr’scens (Willd. spec. 3. p. 638.) stem shrubby, 
erect; leaves on long footstalks, cordate, somewhat lohed, cre- 
hated; stipulas ovate, rather acute ; peduncles many-flowered, 
Native of the north of Africa on mountains at Cafsa. 
Geranium arboréscens, Desf. atl. 2. p. 110. At first sight this 
Plant resembles a species of Pelargonium. Flowers unknown. 
Arborescent Heron’s-bill. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
4 E. iwcarna‘tum (Lher. ger. t. 5.) stem suffruticose, 
scabrous; leaves scabrous, lower ones cordate, toothed, 3-parted, 
ternate or 5-lobed, with wedge-shaped, 3-toothed lobes ; pedun- 
cles many-flowered. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Ope. Sims, bot. mag. t. 261. Sweet, ger. t. 94. Delaum. 
herb. amat. t. 11. Geranium inearnatum, Lin. fil. suppl. 508. 
Cav, diss. 4, p. 223. t. 91. f. 2. Flowers large, very beautiful, 
with oblong, obtuse, flesh-coloured petals, yellowish at their 
ase, and painted with a blood-coloured circle. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Heron’s-bill. Fl. May, July. Clt. 
1787. Shrub 3 foot. 
. - HELIOTROPIOIDEs (Willd. spec. 3. p. 638.) stem suffru- 
ticose, hispid ; leaves roundish-ovate, crenated, villous; pedun- 
No many-fowered ; awns of carpels very long, feathery. k . G. 
nee of? Geranium heliotropioides, Cav. diss. 4. p. 220. t. 
13. f. 2. Stem hardly an inch in height. Leaves clothed 
With dense white villi. Peduncles usually 4-flowered. Flowers ? . 
urnsole-like Heron’s-bill. Shrub 4 foot. 
VI. PELARGONIUM. 725 
Cult. Most of the perennial species of Erddium are rather 
ornamental, and they will thrive well in any kind of soil. ‘The 
frame kinds will grow well in a mixture of loam and peat or 
decayed leaves ; these are easily increased by dividing the plants 
at the root or by seeds, which ripen in abundance. The green- 
house species are mostly sub-shrubby ; they will thrive well in 
sandy loam and leaf mould, and young cuttings, planted in 
pots filled with the same kind of soil, will strike root; they are 
also easily increased by dividing the plants at the root or by 
seed. The annual kinds, several of which are rather handsome, 
only require to be sown in the open border in spring, in any 
kind of soil. 
VI. PELARGO'NIUM (from zedapyoc, pelargos, a stork ; 
resemblance in the carpels being like the head and beak of a 
stork). Lher. ger. icon. et text. ined. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 417. 
Pelargoniée, Sweet. ger. 1. p. 8. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Tetra-Hepténdria. Calyx 5- 
parted ; upper segments ending in a spur, or slender nectarifer- 
ous tube, running down the peduncle, and adnate to it. Petals 
5, rarely 4, more or less irregular. Filaments 10, 4 or 7 of 
which are fertile, the rest sterile. Beaks or styles bearded 
inside, and spirally twisted at maturity. All the proper species 
of this genus are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, except 
a very few. This vast and favorite genus, the greater part being 
of the easiest cultivation, and many of them bearing the confined 
air of a sitting room better than most plants, have therefore 
become objects of cultivation and attention, of which, in most 
cases, they are deserving for their neatness and beauty. The 
popular taste for Pelargoniums, or for Geraniums as they are 
commonly called, has been much aided by several splendid pub- 
lications, both at home and abroad, and more especially by the 
Geraniacee of Mr. Sweet, in which he has figured both hybrids 
and species ; but these hybrids, for the most part, vanish even 
before the eyes of those who have witnessed their origin, we 
shall therefore only describe the species, and give the names 
and references to the hybrids, for the convenience of those 
who wish to be farther acquainted with these productions ; for 
to admit descriptions of them into this work could lead to no 
end, except that of swelling its bulk, which wonld be very con- 
siderable. In the arrangement here adopted, the names of all 
those kinds which are avowedly artificial are placed at the end 
of their proper sections. 
Secr. I. Hoa’rea (named in compliment to Sir Richard 
Hoare). Sweet, ger. no. 18 and 72. Petals 5, rarely 4, 
lanceolate or linear, 2 upper ones parallel, with long claws, 
abruptly reflexed in the middle. Stamens 10, ina long tube, 
length of lower sepals, 4-5 of which bear anthers, the rest ste- 
rile, straight, or incurved at the top, shorter than the fertile 
ones.—Stemless herbs, with tuberous, turnip-like roots, and 
radical stalked leaves. 
* Leaves oblong, entire, or lobed, with the lobes entire or 
hardly toothed. 
1 P. roncirdtiwm (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 518.) leaves lanceo- 
late, quite entire, acute, smooth, older ones pinnatifid, with 
linear lobes; umbels compound ; flowers tetrandrous ; petals 
obtuse, lanceolate, upper ones ovate. 2. G. G. acaúle, Burm. 
ger. 67. t. 2. Cav. diss. 4. t. 102. f. 1. Petals rose-coloured. 
° Long-leaved Stork’s-bill. Fl. May, June. Cit. 1812. Pl. 4 ft. 
2 P. roncirLoruM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 521.) leaves lan- 
ceolate, quite entire, acute, smooth ; umbels compound, 4- 
flowered ; flowers tetrandrous; petals linear. %. G. Petals 
cream-coloured, upper ones lined with red. 
Var. B, depréssum (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 520.) umbels 8- 
flowered ; pedicels at length somewhat reflexed ; filaments 9. , 
