GERANIACE^. 74 PELARGONIUM. 



of all the species. Leaves always marked with a dark concentric stripe of 

 various shades. The flowers are of a bright scarlet, urnbelled, on long pedun- 

 cles. It has many varieties, of wliich the most remarkable is 



p. mar (finale, silver-edged, the leaves of which are bordered with white. 



Horseshoe, Geranium. 



11. P. i'nquinans. 



Leaves round, renifornr, scarcely divided, crenate, viscid; jirnhcJs many- 

 flowered; petals obovate, cuneate. Justly admired for the vivid scarlet of its- 

 numerous flowers. The name alludes to the reddish, clammy moisture which 

 stains the fingers in liandling the soft downy branches. Scarlet Geranium. 



12. P. PELTATUM. 



Leaves 5-lobed, entire, fleshy, smooth, more or less peltate; umbels few- 

 flowered. Stem climbing, several feet in length. Whole plant very smooth. 

 A beautiful species with umbels of very handsome purplish flowers. 



Ivy-leaved Geranium. 



13. P. tetrago'num. 



Sr«7?,c/(C5 4-cornered, fleshy; leiives cordate, bluntly lobed, somewhat toothed. 

 Petals 4; the 2 upper ones pale pi»k, with crimson veins; the 2 lower, small, 

 white. Leaves small, rounded, notched, with scattered hairs. 



Square-stalked Geranium. 



14. P. grandiflCrum. 



Smooth, glaucous ; leaves 5-lobed, palmated, cordate at base, the lobes den- 

 tate towards the end ; petals three times as long as calyx. Distinguished for 

 the size and beauty of tiie flowers, which are white, the 2 upper ones elegantly 

 veined and tinged with red, larger than the rest. Large-jlowercd G&ranium. 



15. P. grave'olens. 



Leaves palmately 7-lobed ; lobes oblong, bluntly toothed, revolute and very 

 rough at the edge ; umbels many-flowered, capitate. Nectary about half as 

 lon^as caly.x. Leaves very fragrant. Flower purple. Ruse-scented Geranium. 



16. P. ra'dula. 



Leaves palmate, rough; lobes narrow, pinnatifid, revolute at edge, with 

 linear segments. Umbels few-flowered. Nectary nearly as long as calyx. 

 Flower purple. Distinguished for its large, rough leaves, deeply divided into 

 linear segments, and with a rich, mint-like fragrance. Rasp-leaved Geranium. 



17. P. quercifo'lium. 



LcftBCA' cordate, pinnatifid, with rounded recesses ; /o&C5 obtusely crenate; 

 iranc/ics and petioles hispid. Leaves rough, often spotted. Flowers purplish. 



Oak-leaved. Geranium . 



The above are among the more distinct and popular species ofthis vast and 

 favorite genus. Innumcrabk' varieties, produced from seeds and propagated 

 by cuttings, are equally conunon in collections, and often of superior beauty. 

 Many splendid works on this order have been published, among which the 

 " Geraniaceaj' of Mr. Sweet is the most extensive, in which " are figured and 

 described, not only all the known species, but the multitudes of hybrid erea- 

 ttuns oroduccd bv the assistance of modern ingenuity." 



