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



St. diffuse, pubescent; Ivs. deeply 5-paited, lobes 3-cleft, incisely dentate; 

 ped. dichotomous; pedicels hairy; xcp. mucronately awned, scarcely as long as 

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

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

 diam., divisions and their segments oblong-linear, submucronatc. 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. Ji. 



6. G. SANGUiNEUM. Bloody Geranium. — Si. erect, diffusely branched; ped. 

 longer than the petioles ; Ivs. opposite, 5-parted, 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-lid lobes. Flowers large, round, 

 of a deep red or blood-color, f 



2. ERODIUM. L'Her. 



Gr. epcoSioi, a heron ; from the resemblance of the beaked fruit to the heron's bill. 



Cal3'x 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. MosciiATUM. L'Heritier. (Geranium moschatum. Linn.) MuskGera^ 

 niinn. — St. procumbent; Irs. pinnated with .'^talked, ovate, unequally serrated 

 segments ; ped. downy, glandular ; pet. equaling the calyx. — (J) Native of Eng- 

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

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



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

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

 long, obtuse. — Q From S. Europe. Stem about If high. Flowers purple. 



3. PELARGONIUM. L'Her. 



Gr. ve\apyos, a stork; from the resemblance of the beaked fruit to the stork's bill. 



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

 down the peduncle with which it is connected ; pet. 5, irregular, 

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

 genus of shrubby or herbaceous plants^ embracing more than 300 species 

 ami iimumerable varieties, nearly all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 

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

 * Stem scarcely any. Root tuberous. 



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

 /aciniate, hairy, segments linear; umbel many-flowered. — Flowers brownish- 

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



2. P. TRisTE. Mcmrning Geranium. — Lvs. hairy, pinnate; ///.';. bipinnatifid, 

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



* * Stem elongated, herbaceous or suffruticose. 



3. P. ODORATissiMUM. Nutmcg-sccnted Geranium. — St. short, fleshy; ^ps. 

 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. Alchemilloides. Lady's-mantle Geranium.— St. villous ■ lvs. cordate, 

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

 fuse, very hairy, with deflexed bristles. Flowers pink-colored. 



5. P. TRICOLOR. Three-colored Geranium.— St. suffruticose, erect ; lvs. lance- 

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

 This species is distinguished for its beautifully variegated flowers. Petals 

 roundi.sh and nearly uniform in shape, but very different in color ; the 3 lower 



