64 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Geranium— continued. 
August. l. roundish, five-lobed, shining. Stem spreading in every 
direction. h. 6in. to 12in. —— ritain), North Africa, Asia. 
Annual or biennial. (Sy. En. B. 304. 
G. macrorhizon (large-rooted).* fl. deep red or bright purple ; 
r ` petals entire, a little reflexed ; calyces globose, inflated. May 
‘to July. l. smooth, five-parted, with the lobes toothed at the 
apex. Stem suffruticose at the base, dichotomous at the apex. 
h. lft. South Europe, 1576. (B. M. 2420.) 
G. maculatum (spotted).* fl. pale lilac, varying in size; petals 
. obovate, entire. Summer. l. three to five-parted, with deeply- 
toothed lobes ; radical ones on long stalks ; upper ones opposite, 
sessile. Stem rather angular, erect, dichotomous, pubescent. 
h. 14ft. North America, 1732. (B. M. Pl. 42.) 
Fic. 98. FLOWERING BRANCH OF GERANIUM IBERICUM 
PLATYPETALUM. 
G. (bird’s-foot). fl. in pairs, on densely downy, 
- drooping, slender pedicels ; petals white, and veined with red. 
l. roundish in general outline, downy principally on the lower 
face, palmately five-lobed, usually at least half-way down, with 
pinnatifid divisions. Stems densely clothed with soft, short, 
decurved, whitish hairs. h. 4ft. to bft. Ca) 
Colony, 1872. A diffusely-branched half- 
hardy perennial herb. (Ref. B. 290.) 
S piem (dusky).* A. dark brown, almost 
black, with a white spot at the base of each 
petal; petals spreading and entire. May 
and June. J. five to nine-lobed, deeply 
toothed; upper ones sessile. Stem round, 
forked. Central and Western Europe; natural- 
ised in Britain. (Sy. En. B. 294.) 
Ge. (meadow).* A. blue, large ; pe- 
: entire; peduncles somewhat corymbose. 
Summer. J. seven-parted, with sharply-pin- 
natifid and deeply serrated, linear lobes. 
Stem round, erect, downy. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 
Europe (Britain), Siberia. (Sy. En. B. 297.) 
There is a double-flowered ‘form of this 
s or which makes an excellent border 
G. Robertianum. Herb-Robert. fl. bright 
crimson, small ; petals entire. Summer and 
autumn. l. three to five-parted, with trifid 
pinnatifid lobes. h. 6in. to 9in. Europe 
oo Asia, North Africa, (Sy. En. B. 
G. R. alba (white). A white-flowered form, 
well worthy of a place on the rockery or in 
the herbaceous border. 
G. sanguineum (bloody).* fl. crimson or 
blood-red, large, about I4in. across; petals 
tched ; peduncles one-flowered, axillary, 
much longer than the petioles. Summer. Z. 
opposite, five to seven-parted, with trifid 
lobes and linear lobules. Stems erect or 
Geranium—continued. 
diffuse, branched. h. 1ft. to 2ft. oe (Britain), West Asia. 
A very handsome species. (Sy. En. B. 293.) 
G. s. lancastriense (Lancaster). 
purple veins, large. 
G. striatum (streaked).* A. pink, elegantly striped with darker 
veins ; petals emarginately two-lobed. May to October. /., lower 
ones five-lobed, upper ones three-lobed ; the lobes ovate, acute, 
deeply toothed, Stem round, decumbent. South Europe, 1629. 
(B. M. 55.) 
G. sylvaticum (wood).* f. purple or blue, with crimson veins; 
petals somewhat emarginate ; peduncles rather corymbose. June 
and July. l. five to seven-lobed ; lobes oblong, deeply toothed. 
Stem round, erect. h. 2ft. Europe (Britain), Siberia, West 
Asia. (Sy. En, B. 296.) : 
G. tuberosum (tuberose). f. purple, large, numerous, elegant; 
petals bifid. May. l. many-parted; lobes linear, pinnatifid, 
fl. flesh-coloured, with 
serrated. Stem, from the base to the fork, naked, h. 9in, South 
Europe, &c:, 1596. (Sw. Ger. 155.) ` 
Fig. 99. GERANIUM WALLICHTANUM. 
G. Wallichianum (Wallich’s).* fl. purple, large; petals emar- 
ginate. June. J. five-parted, with broadly cuneate-ovate, 
deeply toothed lobes, clothed on both surfaces, as well as the 
stem, with silky hairs. Stem decumbent, purple. Temperate 
Himalaya, 1820, ` See Fig. 99. (B. M. 2377.) 
GERARDIA (named in honour of John Gerard, 1545- 
1607, author of the famous “Herbal,” 1597, and a 
great cultivator of exotic plants). Syn. Virgularia. ORD. 
Scrophularinee. A genus containing about thirty species 
of annual or perennial, erect, branching herbs, natives of 
North and South America. Corolla rose-purple or yellow, 
Leaves 
the former colour rarely varying to white. 
Fig. 100. GERARDIA QUERCIFOLIA, showing Habit and detached Flowers. 
