298 .xxYii, GERANiACEiE. [Evoditm, 



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W. S. IVales, Nepean river, B. Brown; LacMan and Darling rivers, A. Cunningham, 

 Dallachy ; on the Murrumliidgee, M' Arthur. 



Victoria. Not rare in many parts of the colony, T, Mueller. 

 . Australia. Trom Kangaroo Island and Spencer's Gulf to Lake Torrcns, and further 



north, F. Mueller and others. 



TV. Australia- Swan River, Bnuivnoiid, Preiss, n. 1903; and thence to Murchisou 



river, Oldjield. 



cicutarixun 



^ Viler.; DC. Prod, i. 646. Usually an annual, but 

 often forming a dense tuft, with a thick taproot, which may hist over a second 

 year, always more or less covered with spreading hairs, which are souictimes 

 viscid. Stems sometimes exceedingly short, but lengthening out to near 1 ft. 

 Leaves mostly radical, pinnate, the segments distinct and deeply pinnatifid, 

 "with narrow, more or less cut lobes. Pednncles erect, bearing an umbel of 

 from 2 or 3 to 10 or 12 small purple or pink flowers. Sepals pointed, about 

 tlie length of the obovate entire petals, rilaments and staminodia lanceolate- 

 subulate. Lobeg^of the capsule slightly hvairy, the beak -| to 1^ in. long. 

 Nees, in PL Preiss. i. 161 ; Reichb. Ic. El. Germ. v. t. 183. 



W. S. Wales. Between the Lachlan and Darling rivers, Dallachy ; Twofold Bay, -P. 

 ilueller, . 



Victoria. On the Murray, and now rather frequent in many parts of the colony, F. 

 Mueller, 



Tasmania. Along roadsides, evidently introduced, J, D. Ilooier. 



S. Australia. Towards Spencer's Gulf, F. Mueller^ 



MT- Australia, Drummond, Preiss, n. 1800. 



A very common weed in Europe and temperate Asia, and found in many other parts 

 of the world, in many cases introduced, as in several or perhaps all of the Australian 

 locahties, but too widely spread now to be omitted from the Flora, cveu if it be not really 

 iudigenous. 



3. PELARGONIUM, L'Her. 



Flowers irregular. Sepals 5, shortly united at the base and produced into 

 a tube or spnr, adnate to the pedicel. Petals 5 or fewer, the 2 upper ones 

 different from the others (usually larger), and inserted on the sides of or be- 

 hind the spur. Disk without glands. Stamens usually 10, h}T)ogynous, 

 shortly united, 5 to 7 or rarely only 2 or 3 bearing anthers, the remainder 

 without anthers or rudimentary; Ovary and fruit of Erodium, Cotyledons 

 flat or folded. — Herbs, undershriibs, or shrubs. Leaves opposite or rarely 

 alternate, entire, toothed, lobed, or variously divided. Peduncles usually 

 axillary, bearing au umbel of several flowers. 



A very large genus, Lut which, with the exception of 3 N. African or Levant species and 

 the 2 Australian ones, ia confined to S. Africa. One of the Australian species appears 

 identical with a S. African one, and cxtcuJs to New Zealand j the other, whether species or 

 variety, is endemic. 



Leafy stems usually elongated. Peduncles rarely twice as long as the 

 leaves. Petals from a little longer to half as long again as the 

 calyx -[p^ amirale. 



Stems short and erect. Peduncles much longer, erect. Petals fully 



twice as long as the calyx 2. F. 'Rodney ajitm, 



1. P, australe, Willi.; DC, Prod. i. 654- Herbaceous, often flower- 

 ing the lirst year, but forming a perennial rootstock, either horizontal and 



