Class XVI, Order V. 161 



MONADELPHIA. 



TRLAJVDEU*. 



200. SISYRINCHIUM. 



SlSYRINOHIUM ANCEPS. BlllB eyed grttSS.. 



Stein two edged, spatlie longer than the flow- 

 ers, petals mucronated, germs glabrous. 



Syn. SlSTRlNCHIUM GRAM1NEUM. Curt. 



The small, delicate, blue flowers of this plant are not unfre- 

 quent among the grass in moist ground. Stem two edged, the 

 edges extending into a wide margin ; smooth, with one or two 

 branches, often a foot high. Leaves linear, grass like, sheath- 

 ing at base. Spathe of two unequal leaves, swelling, pointed, 

 with from one to six flowers. Peduncles filiform. Flowers 

 shorter than the spathe, blue. Germs smooth. Petals six, 

 spreading, terminated by a point. June, July. Perennial. 



DECANDRM. 



201. GERANIUM. 



GERANIUM MAOULATUM. L. Spotted geranium or Cranes- 

 bill. 



Peduncles two flowered ; stem forked, erect ; 

 leaves five parted and cut, the upper ones sessile. 

 L. 



No family of plants is more extensively cultivated for orna- 

 ment than the Linnaean genus Geranium, since divided by L'He- 

 ritier into three genera, Erodium, Pelargonium, and Gerani- 

 um. It must be confessed that a great number of exotic spe- 

 cies are carefully propagated in green houses and parlours. 



