Pelargonium. | GERANIACE& (Harv.) 301 
on very long petioles, rowndish-cordate, very obtuse, entire or repando-lo- 
bulate, dentato- crenulate, very soft and velvetty ; stipules small, deltoid ; 
peduncles opposite the rameal leaves, filiform, 5—10-flowered ; pedicels 
equal to the calyx-tube, which is longer than the lanceolate, villous 
segments ; flowers small, petals not much exceeding the calyx. DC. 
Prod. 1. p.659 Dill. Hlth. fig. 138. Cav. Diss, t. 103. f. 1. Sw. Ger. 
t.. 299. th &Z.! 596. Zey.! 2079. Drege, 1298, 9516. 
Has. Cult. 1724. © m in the Eastern Districts ; Uitenhage and Albany, 
E.&Z.! &e. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Riedl 5 
Caudex short, simple or branched ; ‘the tlowering branches long and trailing, with . 
distant nodes, from which spring the short peduncles. Petioles of the cauline leaves 
6-10 inches long ; the lamina 1-2 inches broad. Flowers very small, white. Leaves 
we and sweetly aromatic. 
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140. P. Sibthorpiefolium (Harv.); stem short, fleshy; leaves on 
long petioles, carnose, reniform, cordate at base, crenato-lobulate, mi- 
nutely pubescent on both sides ; stipules... .. peduncles scape-like, 
branched, hairy; bracts ovate, tomentose ; calyx-tube sub-sessile, to- 
mentose, twice as long as the linear segments. Drege, 3232. * 
ae Hills, &c. near the mouth of the Orange River, under 600f. Drege! (Herb. 
n 
I Ditters to describe from a single imperfect specimen. The stem is one inch 
long, 3 lines in diameter, and rough. Leaves less than an inch across, shaped like 
those of Sibthorpia Europea ; the petiole twice or thrice the length of the lamina. 
The flowers have not been observed. Can this be P. velutinum, DC, ? 
141. P. alpinum (E. & Z. ! 629); root-stock caulescent, woody and e 
scaly ; stems suffruticose, sub-simple, tomentose; leaves on long peti- 
oles, cordate-reniform, mucronato-crenate, tomentose or densely pubescent — 
on both sides ; stipules ovate, acuminate ; peduncles filiform, elongate, 
branched, the partial 1-2-flowered, with broadly oval bracts ; calyx-tube 
sub-sessile, curved, villous, thrice as long as the lanceolate, acuminate 
sepals ; petals obovate.” Zeyher, 190! eee 
Has. Spy gem a Winterhoek, Worcester, E. £2 oa whe eyher 
on 0: _ J . 
2-23 copra leaves so 1 inch, sss a pip MRE 5 cate generally + 
remarkably broad in proportion to their length, membranous. nding pale, the 
1. PELARGIUM. Much Sanneliic = a Leaves simple 
fe. Stipules free. Inflorescence frequently pani- 
ali es umbelliferous. Two upper petals longer 
72 trdader eae 16 three cosa streaked pices Fertile stamens 
_ (Sp.142-163). . 
are * Leawes oval, Sel GH virdians, toothed or mult-angular. (Sp. 142-145). 
142. a, betainum (Ait. Kew. 2. p. 429) ; shrubby, erect, the young oe 
‘igs downy ; leaves on short petioles, seal: it ovals obiuse, huang ae 
oothed, sub-gl rorioe ae acuminate ; pedu: 
opposite the leaves, 3-4-flowered ; pedicels and calyx. 
j os peal twice as ss as the Punenclata, » sepals, DC. Prod. 1 
