GERANIUM MACULATUM. 
Common Cranesbill. 
PLATE VIil. 
Tx common language the term Geranium in- 
cludes all that extensive tribe of plants comprised 
by the old genus of that name, and principally 
‘characterised by their beaked fruit and five seeds 
which are scattered by means of awns. L’Heri- 
tier has divided this family into three distinct gen- 
era, under different orders in the artificial class 
Monadelphia. ‘These are Erodium, haying five sta- 
mens, five nectariferous scales and glands, and the 
awns of the fruit twisted and bearded. Pelargoni- 
um, which includes most of the Cape species so 
commonly cultivated among us, having about seven 
stamens, an irregular corolla, and a nectareous tube 
running down the peduncle. Lastly, Geranium 
having ten stamens, a regular corolla, fiye nec- 
