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Geranium—continued. 
lobules, A. 3in. Northern Italy, 1699. An el t i 
See Fig. 97. M n elegant alpine plant. 
G. asphodeloides (Asphodel-like). fl. usually purplish-violet, 
few ; petals obovate, ofteh truncate, twice as long as the sharp- 
ures downy sepali; —— l. five-lobed; lobes  trifid; 
radical ones long-s ed, very downy. h, 6in. S E 
1828. (S. F. G. 661.) 4 x — 
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Geranium—continued. 
and clothed with minute adpressed hairs, paler below, cut down 
nearly or quite to the base into three to five divisions, with several 
acute, erecto-patent, irregular, deltoid or linear teeth. Stems often 
lft. or 2ft. long, and entangled, generally naked in the lower part, 
but clothed with short grey glandular pubescence upwards. 
h. 9in. South Africa, 1862. (Ref. B. 147.) - 
G. cinereum (grey).* A. pale red, with dark stripes; petals 
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Fig. 96. GERANIUM ANEMONEFOLIUM. 
G. atlanticum (Atlantic).* f. l4in. in diameter, in terminal, 
two-flowered, hairy peduncles ; sepals elliptic, acuminate ; petals 
pale purple, with red veins, obcordate, three or four times as long 
as the sepals. June. J. orbicular, cut nearly to the base into 
five or seven narrowly obovate or cuneate, trifid or pinnatitidly 
laciniated, and toothed segments. Stems lft, to l4ft. high. 
Algiers, 1878. (B. M. 6452.) 
Fic. 97. GERANIUM ARGENTEUM, 
G. caffrum (Caffre). /l, in pairs, on long slender pedicels ; petals 
pale lilac or white, obovate, emarginate at the apex, condidcrably- 
exceeding the calyx. June, l. lin. to din. broad, full green above, 
emarginate ; peduncles almost radical, two-flowered, June. 
l. almost radical, stalked, clothed with glaucous pubescence, five 
to seven-parted, with wedge-shaped trifid lobes, A, bin. Pyre- 
nees, &c. Plant almost stemless. J 
G. collinum (hill-loving). A. purplish-violet ; petals entire, 
roundish, hardly longer than the calyx. May. /. palmately five- 
parted, with somewhat trilobed lobes, deeply serrated ; peduncles 
and calyces covered with clammy hairs. Stem * 
— somewhat decumbent, pu nt. Eastern Europe, &c., 
G. cristatum (crested). A synonym of G. albanum. — 3 
G. dahuricum (Dahurian).* jl. purple ; ` entire, much 
— at the — pe fomered, three times 1 
than the leaves. June. i. ite, to five-pa' 
cut, acute lobes. Stem erect, smooth, naked at the base. 
Dahuria, 1820. : POMA i 
. Endressii (Endress’s).* t rose, wit er veins; 
. etals —— pn M Sook at base ; filaments densely 
rons ; peduncles axillary, two-flowered. Summer. l. opposite, 
stalked, palmate Be st ones three-lobed, lower ones five-lobed ; 
lobes acute, serrated. h. 1ft. epua — 
ostemon (woolly-stamened), fl. e violet, with white 
—— but —— tovare the x ; petals entire, bearded at 
the base. June. l five-lobed, with ovate deeply-toothed lobes; 
lower ones on lo! alternate ; upper ones sessile, opposite, 
Stem slightly angled, forked, erect. A. 6in. to3ft. Nepaul, 1822, 
(Sw. Ger. 191.) 
G. ibericum (Iberian).* /l. blue, large; petals obcordate, or 
somewhat trifid. Summer and autumn, l. five to seven- 
parted, with pinnately-cut lobes and toothed lobules, villous, 
dichotomous, erect. A. 1ft. Iberia, 1802. A very showy plant. 
(B. M. 1386.) 
platypetalum (broad-petaled). A. deep violet, with red- 
dish streaks; more than lin. in diameter; petals emarginate. 
Summer. l. alternate or opposite ; lobes five to seven, deeply cut, 
fringed. 4. 1ft. to 2ft. Georgia. See Fig. 98. 
G. Lamberti (Lambert’s).* 1. bright lilac, large ; petals f 
roundish-ovate, concave and veiny; famnente Dei with white 
hairs. Summer and autumn, Z. opposite, cordate, five-lobed, 
ilose on both surfaces, soft; lobes wedge-shaped, cut, toothed. 
Stem diffuse, branched, elongated. epaul, 1824. (Sw. Ger, 
338.) 
- Lift. 
G. lucidum (clear). jl. bright rose-coloured, small. May to 
