14 GERANIACE.E 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 

 No ordinary leafy stem above ground, the leaves all from 

 the rootstock ; flowers racemed on slender leafless 

 stems (§ I Scapigerce) . . . d 



( Stem above ground leafy , b 



f" Flowers on axillary pedicels c 



, ; Flowers in very short umbel-like racemes, which are 



J peduncled (§6 Sub-umbeUatce) • • P 



Flower in distinct racemes, peduncled (§ 7 Racemosce) . t 



Sepals long. Annuals with opposite Is, (§ 3 Annum) . g 



Sepals minute. Shrubs mostly (§ 4 Microsepalm) . . . k 



Sepals broad. Hairy shrubs (§ 5 Tomentosce) . . . o 



' § I Scaplgerm. Orchid Balsams. The wing petals are 



each cut into oblong lobes and together remind one of the 



. j lip of an orchid. 



I Spur long incurved. Flowers pink e 



j Spur short, straight or curved. Firs, pink or white . . f 

 LSpur o, Fls. 1/3 in. Epiphytes on trees (p. 15). I. orchioides. 



CWing2-lobed (p. 16). I. acaulis. 



* |wing3-lobed (p. 16). I. scapiflora. 



f Flowers white ; spur inflated (Vol. I p. 63 and lit. 47). 



I I, Beddomei. 



f \ Flowers pink ; spur straight (Vol. I p. 64 and II t. 48). 



I. modesta. 

 Flowers carmine pink ; spur curved . (p. 16). I. levingei. 

 §3 Annual flowers in axillary pedicels. Annual herbs with 

 opposite leaves. 



Spur long and slender h 



g \ Spur shorter than the flower 



I Spur 1/6 inch, stem red tomentose (Vol. I p. 65 andj 



I II t. 52) I. tomentosa. 



[ No spur j 



f Stem stiff", usually unbranched. Fruiting pedicels stiff (Vol. 



h { I p. 64 and II t. 49) I. chinensis. 



[ Stem flaccid branched . . . . (p. 16). I. diversifolia. 



r Wings long-stalked, no dorsal auricle . (p. 17). I. kleinii 



i -j Wings short-stalked, dorsal auricle bent down . (p. 17) 



I. tenella. 

 Stem I foot, firm. Flowers | in. diameter. (Vol. I p. 65 



and II t. 65) : . I. rufescens. 



Stem very slender, under i ft. Firs, small, (p. 17). I. pusilla. 

 § 4 MicrosepalcB. Leaves opposite^ alternate or whorled. 

 Flowers in slender axillary pedicels ; sepals minute. 

 Mostly shrubs. 

 Ls. opposite or whorled or alternate on the same plant . e 

 Leaves all alternate ; no spur . . . (p. 18). I. scabriuscula. 



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