a _ flexuous; leaves petiolate, rowndish, 5-7 lobulate, crenate, glabrous, 
_ oned ; stipules broadly cordate; peduncles long, many-flowered ; pe- 
298 GERANIACEZ (Harv.) [Pelargonium 
Has. Cult. in England, 1789. Mountains near Mr. Joubert’s farm, Cannaland, 
Swell., #.& Z./ (Herb. Banks., Sond., Jacq.) 
A slender and brittle suffrutex, allied to P. levigatum, but scabrous, with less 
fleshy and broader leaflets. Flowers pink, the lower petals narrow spathulate, upper 
obovate. The leaves vary much in pubescence and degree of incision. Nelson’s 
specimen in Herb. Banks is much rougher than E, & Z.’s, and agrees better withJac- 
quin’s figure. 
130. P. spinosum (Willd. Sp. 3. p. 681); shrubby, divaricate, gla- 
brous or nearly so ; leaves articulated to the long, divergent, rigid petio- 
les, 3~5-nerved, broadly cuneate or triangular, somewhat 3-fid, or 3-lobed, 
with toothed lobes ; the old petioles and the persistent subulate stipules 
hardening into spines; peduncles 4—-6-flowered ; pedicels elongate, 
equalling the straight calyx tube, which exceeds the lanceolate, acum1- 
nate segments. DC. Prod. 1. p. 661. : 
Has. Cult. 1796. Cape, Forsyth? Between Kaus, Natvoet and Doornpoort, 
Namaqualand, Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Benth., Sond.). ; 
A spreading shrub, remarkable for the 3-4 inch long, spinous, persistent petioles 
and spinous }~4 inch long stipules. Leaves 1 inch across, at first imperfectly, af- 
terwards fully articulated with the petiole. Petals very narrow. 
Sxor. 13. CICONIUM. Stem shrubby, thick and succulent. Leaves 
obovate, or roundish-cordate or reniform, palmately many-nerved, ere 
nate or lobulate. Stipules broadly ovate or cordate, free. Umbels few 
or many-flowered. Petals all of one colour, scarlet, pink or white, the 
two uppermost narrower than the lower. Stamens 7, the two upper- 
most very short. (Sp. 131-134). : 
131. P. acetosum (Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 430); shrubby, the younger 
branches succulent, glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, glabrous, some- 
what fleshy, obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, crenate; stipules obliquely 
ovate, small ; peduncles few-flowered ; pedicels very short, the calyx 
tube glandular, 3-4 times longer than the lanceolate segments; petals 
spathulate, sub-equal. DC. Prod. 1. p. 658. Cav. Diss, t. 104. f. 3- 
Bot. Mag. t.103. E.§ Z.! 587, non Drege. ; 
Has, Cult. in England 1724. Clayey places near Rivers, Uitenhage, E. & Z./ 
Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.). : 
A much-branched, but rather naked bush, with small, deciduous leaves and slen- ~ 
der, pale flowers. The petals are at least twice as long as the calyx-segments. The 
leaves are acidulous, tasting like sorrel. 
__ 182. P. scandens (Ehr. Willd. ! Sp. 3. p. 666); shrubby, the branches 
ee 8 segments ; petals narrow linear. DOC. Prod. 1. p, 658.. ?. 
| Europe. (Herb. Willd.!) 
ety of P. zonale. 
p. 667) ; shru 
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