- Pelargonium.] GERANIACEE (Harv.) 303 
— acerifolium, Cav, Diss. t. 112. f.2. P. cochleatum, Willd. ! En. p. 48. 
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Var. 8. acerifolium ; leaves cuneate at base, more deeply lobed, more 
scabrous and harsher thanin « JP. acerifolium, I’ Her. Ger. t. 21. DC. 
Prod. 1. p. 672. HE. & Z.! 627, 622, 623. 2 
Has. Mountain sides, Cape, Stellenbosch districts. Table mountain, and Hott- 
Holl., £. ¢ Z./ Simon’s Bay, Wright, W.H.H. &c. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
A large bush, resembling P. cucud/atum, from which it is easily known by its 
sharply-angular, rigid and sharp leaves. Though very hairy, it is not villous. The 
flowers are in large panicles, purple, with dark streaks. This is one of the parents 
of many garden hybrids, and has been cult. since 1724. 
** Leaves obtusely 3-5-lobed, pubescent, not scabrous or viscid. (Sp. 146-148.) 
146. P. capitatum (Ait. Kew. 2. p. 425); suffruticose, diffuse, or pro- 
cumbent, densely and softly hairy and villous ; leaves on long petioles, 
cordate at base, 3—5-lobed, the lobes obtuse and rounded, toothed ; sti- 
pules broadly cordate, membranous, pointed; peduncles longer than 
the leaves, simple, densely many-flowered ; flowers sessile, the calyx- 
tube not half so long as the densely-villous and hairy, oblong, mucro- 
nate sepals; petals short, DC. Prod. 1.p.674- Cav, Diss. t. 105.f. 1. 
£.§ Z. 1 630. Thunb. Cap, p. 521. 
Has. Common on the Cape Flats and around Table Mountain, &c. (Herb. T.C.D. Gallo 
Hook., Sond.) 
Stems weak, trailing on the ground. Whole plant covered with long, soft, hori- 
zontally patent white hairs. Flowers rosy purple, in dense many-flowered heads. 
Very near the following. It has been cultivated in England since 1790. 
147. P. vitifolium (Ait. Kew. 2.p.425); suffruticose, erect, densely hairy 
and villous ; leaves on long petioles, cordate at base, 3-lobed, the lobes 
shallow, very obtuse and rounded, toothed ; stipules broadly cordate ; pe- 
duncles longer than the leaf, simple, densely many-flowered ; flowers 
sessile, the calyx-tube not half so long as the densely villous and hairy, 
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oblong, aristate segments ; petals short. DC. Prod. 1. p. 674. E.G Z.f — 
631. Dill. Hort. Elth. fig. 153.! Cav. Diss. t. 111. f. 2. L’Her. Ger. t. 19. 
Has. Among shrubs, near rivulets. Klapmuts and Hott. Holl. #. ¢ Z./ Paarl- 
berg, Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.). : ; 
Except in its erect growth and less deeply cut and harsher leaves this searcely dif- 
fers from P. capitatum. I retain it, as it has been acknowle a species since the 
days of Dillenius, and was cultivated in England in 1724. wers small, purple, 
148. P. semitrilobum (Jacq. ! Schoenb. t. 130); shrubby, much- 
branched, patently villous ; leaves on longish petioles, concave, bluntly 
3-lobed, the lobes short, toothed or sharply serrate, pubescent on one or 
both sides, the nervesradiating, branching, prominent and hairy ; stipules 
cordate-acuminate ; peduncles longer than the leaf, 2-5-flowered, with 
ovate, nerved bracts ; calyx-tube curved, thickened at base, equalling 
the pedicel and the lanceolate, acuminate, villous segments ; petals twice 
as long as the sepals. DC. U. ¢. p. 674. H. & Z. 612. Zey.! 2090, 2091. ee 
Var. «. Jacquini; leaves sparsely hispid above, villous below, cu-  _ 
neate at base. P. trilobatum Schrad. ? DC. 1. c. p. 677. ? P. adulteri- 
num, E.d& Z.! 628, Zey.! 198. eames 
