GERANIACEJC. 7ii PELARGONIUM. 



6. G. anemo'nifo'lium. 



Stem shrubby; leaves smooth, palmate, 5-cut, the seg. bipinnatifid; pedun- 

 cles opposite, erect, hairy, 2-flo\vered. An extremely beautiful species, from 

 the Cape. Stem 3 feet high, with large, fern-like leaves of the most delicate, 

 glossy green. Flowers large, red. Jlneinonc-kavtd Geranium. 



2. ERO'DIUM. 

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

 ments and nectariferous glands at the base of the stamens; 

 filaments 10, the 5 alternate ones abortive; fruit rostrate, of 

 b aggregate capsules, each tipped with tlie long spiral style, 

 bearded inside. 



Gr. i^ai2ioi, a heron, because the fruit resembles the beak of that bird. 



1. E. cicuta'rium. 



Stem, prostrate or diffuse, hairy ; leaves pinnate, with cut-pinnatifid segments; 

 peduncles double, many-flowered; petals unequal. A small species in waste 

 places, with prostrate or diffuse branches, and many finely divided leaves, 

 which somewhat resemble those of the cicuta or poison hemlock. Flowers 

 small, purple, irregular. The whole plant is fetid. Apr. Ann. 



Hemlock Geranium. 



/3. bipinnatum has a caulescent stem, diffuse branches, segments of leaves 

 pinnatifid, with linear lobes. 



2. E. moscha'tum. 



Siew procumbent ; leaves pinnated with stalked, ovate, unequally serrated 

 segments; peduncles downy, glandular; petals equalling the calyx. Native 

 of England. Sometimes cultivated for the strong musky scent of its herbage. 

 A foot high. Leaves large, flowers small, purple. May — Jl. Ann. 



Musk Geranium. 



3. PELARGO'NIUM. 



Calyx of 5 sepals, the upper one ending in a nectariferous 

 tube, extending down the peduncle with which it is connect- 

 ed ; petals 5, irregular, longer than the sepals ; tilaments 10, 

 3 of them barren. 



Gr. TTiXu-Qyoi, a stork, in allusion to the beak of the fruit, which resembles 

 the bill of tliat bird, as well as to preserve an analogy with Geranium, 

 (Crane's-bill) from which genus this was taken. An immense genus from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, embracing more than 200 species and several hun- 

 dred varieties, with endless differences of form, size and color. No genus 

 seems to be regarded with such universal favor for green-house plants as this. 

 The species are cultivated witii assiduous attention, by nearly every family, 

 which makes the least pretensions to taste, throughout the civilized world. 



* Stem very short. Root tuberous. 



1. P. FLAVUM. 



Leayes decompound, lasciniate, hairy; srrrments linear ; tnnh el ma.ny -low- 

 ered; 5icm very simple. Flowers brownish yellow. From the Cape of Good 

 Hope, as well as all the other species. Carrot-leaved Geranium. 



