﻿GERANIUM 
  FAMILY 
  141 
  

  

  1-2-flowered 
  axillary 
  peduncles. 
  Sepals 
  and 
  petals 
  5. 
  Stamens 
  

   10, 
  ripening 
  in 
  2 
  sets. 
  Ovary 
  5-lobed, 
  5-beaked; 
  stigmas 
  5. 
  

  

  1. 
  G. 
  maculatum 
  L. 
  WILD 
  CRANE'S-BILL, 
  WILD 
  GERANIUM. 
  

   Perennial, 
  with 
  an 
  erect, 
  hairy 
  stem, 
  12-18 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  about 
  

   5-parted, 
  marked 
  with 
  pale 
  blotches, 
  the 
  basal 
  leaves 
  long-petioled. 
  

   Flowers 
  large 
  (1 
  in. 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  diameter), 
  light 
  purple, 
  somewhat 
  

   corymbed. 
  Petals 
  entire, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  calyx, 
  the 
  claw 
  bearded. 
  

   Open 
  woods 
  and 
  thickets 
  ; 
  common. 
  

  

  2. 
  G. 
  Robertianum 
  L. 
  HERB 
  ROBERT. 
  Annual 
  or 
  biennial. 
  Stems 
  

   somewhat 
  hairy, 
  weak 
  and 
  spreading, 
  reddish. 
  Leaves 
  of 
  5 
  leaflets, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  pinnately 
  cut, 
  long-petioled. 
  Flowers 
  light 
  

   purple, 
  about 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  streaked 
  with 
  dark 
  and 
  light 
  red. 
  

   Claws 
  of 
  petals 
  smooth. 
  Damp 
  woods 
  and 
  ravines 
  E. 
  

  

  II. 
  PELARGONIUM 
  L'Her. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  herbs 
  or 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  with 
  stipules, 
  scented. 
  

   Flowers 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  genus, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  sepals 
  

   hollowed 
  out 
  below 
  into 
  a 
  nectar-bearing 
  tube 
  extending 
  down 
  

   the 
  pedicel. 
  The 
  2 
  upper 
  petals 
  different 
  in 
  size 
  or 
  shape 
  from 
  

   the 
  other 
  3. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope. 
  [Most 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  commonly, 
  though 
  not 
  quite 
  correctly, 
  called 
  

   " 
  geraniums." 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  are 
  here 
  described.] 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  peltatum 
  Ait. 
  IVY 
  GERANIUM. 
  Stems 
  somewhat 
  prostrate 
  and 
  

   trailing. 
  Leaves 
  somewhat 
  peltate, 
  smooth 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Flowers 
  

   pink 
  or 
  white. 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  zonale 
  Willd. 
  HORSESHOE 
  GERANIUM. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  widely 
  

   branched, 
  woody 
  below. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  opposite 
  or 
  sometimes 
  in 
  

   threes, 
  round 
  or 
  kidney-shaped, 
  palmately 
  veined, 
  crenate, 
  downy, 
  

   usually 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  zone 
  near 
  the 
  middle. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  pedun- 
  

   cled 
  umbel, 
  showy, 
  red 
  or 
  white, 
  often 
  double. 
  Numberless 
  varieties 
  

   in 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  3. 
  P. 
  graveolens 
  Ait. 
  ROSE 
  GERANIUM. 
  Stem 
  erect 
  or 
  ascending, 
  

   densely 
  downy, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  palmately 
  lobed 
  or 
  

   divided, 
  the 
  lobes 
  often 
  finely 
  dissected, 
  rolled 
  under 
  at 
  the 
  edges. 
  

   Flowers 
  umbeled, 
  small, 
  light 
  purple 
  with 
  darker 
  veins; 
  whole 
  

   plant 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  Common 
  in 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  4. 
  P. 
  odoratissimum 
  Ait. 
  NUTMEG 
  GERANIUM. 
  Branches 
  crooked 
  

   and 
  straggling 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  moderately 
  stout 
  main 
  stem. 
  Leaves 
  

   small, 
  roundish 
  and 
  scalloped, 
  covered 
  with 
  velvety 
  down, 
  very 
  fra- 
  

   grant. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  inconspicuous, 
  on 
  short 
  pedicels 
  the 
  petals 
  

   hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  

  

  