Pecargonium. XXVII. GERANIACE^. 



5. G. DissECTUM. Willd. Wood Crane^s-bill. 



St: diffuse, pubescent; Ics. deeply 5-parted, lobes 3-cleft, incisely dentate; 

 ped. dichotomous; pedicels hairy; sep. niucronately awned, scarcely as long as 

 the emarginate petals ; beak hairy ; carp, rugose. — (T) rocky places, N. Sts. ! 

 A small .spreading plant, 8 — 12' long. Leaves pentagonal in outline, li — 2' 

 diam., divisions and their segments oblong-linear, submucronate. Peduncles 

 6 — 10" long, with 4 bracts at the fork. Pedicels 6 — 10" long. Sepals 3-veined. 

 Petals purplish, deeply notched, a little longer than the sepals. Jn. Jl. 



6. G. SANGUINEUM. Bloodtj Geranium. — St. erect, diffusely branched; ped. 

 longer than tne petioles ; lis. opposite, 5-parLed, orbicular in outline, lobes trifid, 

 with linear segments; carpels bristly at top. — A beautiful species native of 

 Europe, deemed worthy of culture by many a florist. Grows about a foot high. 

 Leaves orbicular, deeply divided into 5 or 7, 3-fid lobes. Flowers large, round, 

 of a deep red or blood-color, f 



2. ERODIUM. L'Her. . 



Gr., epoiSios, a heron ; from the resemblance oi the lieaked fruit to the heron's bill. 



Calyx 5-leaved ; petals 5 ; scales 5, alternate with the filaments 

 and nectariferous glands at the base of the stamens; filaments 10, 

 the 5 alternate ones abortive ; fruit rostrate, of 5 aggregate capsules, 

 each tipped with the long, spiral style, bearded inside. 



1. E. MoscHATUM. L'Hcriticr. (GeraniuiTimoschatum. Linn.) Musk Gero' 

 fiivm. — St. procumbent; ivs. pinnated with stalked, ovate, unequally serrated 

 segments; ped. downy, glandular ;.^rf. equaling the calyx.-—® Native of Eng- 

 land. Sometimes cultivated for the strong, musky scent of its herbage. Afoot 

 high. Leaves large. Flowers small, purple. May — Jl. 



2. E. cicoNiuM. L'Her. (G. ciconium. Linn.) Henm's-bill Geranium. — St. 

 ascending; Ivs. pinnate; Ifts. pinnatifid, toothed; ped. many-flowered; pet. ob- 

 long, obtuse. — (1) From S. "Europe. Stem about If high. Flowers purple. 



3. PELARGONIUM. L'Her. 



Gr. TtXafiyof , a stork; from the resemblance of the beaked frmt to the stork's bill. 



Sepals 5, the upper one ending in a nectariferous tube extending 

 down the peduncle with which it is connected ; |je<. 5, irregular, 

 longer than the sepals; filaments 10,3 of them sterile. — A large 

 genus of shruhhy or herbaceous pla?its, embracing more than 300 species 

 and innumerable varieties., nearly all natives of ike Cape of Good Hope. 

 Loioer Ivs. (in plants raised from the seed) opposite., upper ones alternate. 

 * Stem scarcclij any. Root tuberous. 



1. P. FLAVUM. Carrot-leaved Geranium.— St . very simple; Ivs. decompound, 

 faciniate, hairy, segments linear; «??«6er many-flowered.— Flowers brou^nish- 

 yellow. From the Cape of Good Hope, as well as the other species. 



2 P. TRisTE. Mourning Geranium.— Lvs. hairy, pinnate; Ifts. bipinnatifid, 

 divisions linear, acute. A foot high. Flowers dark green, in simple umbels. 

 * * Stem elongated, herbaceous or suffruticose. 



3. g. ODORATissiMUM. Nutmeg-scented Geranium.— St. short, fleshy; lvs. 

 roundish, cordate, very soft; branches herbaceous, long, diffuse.— Valued chiefly-" 

 for the powerful, aromatic smell of the leaves, the flowers being small, whitish. 



4. P. ALCHEMiLLpiDES. Lady's-viantle Geranium.— St. villons; lvs. cordate, 

 villous, 5-lobed, palmate; ped. fe^v-flowered ; stig. sessile.— Stem 6' high, dif- 

 fuse, very hairy, v/ith deflexed bristles. Flowers pink-colored. 



5. P. TRICOLOR. Three-colored Geranivm.—Sl. suffruticose, erect; Zto. lance- 

 olate, villous, cut-dentate, trifid; upper pet. glandular at base.— Stem lit high. 

 This species is distinguished for its beautifully variegated flowers. Petals 

 roundish and nearly uniform in shape, but very different in color ; the 3 lower 



