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ticularly on walls and old buildings, which it ornaments 
with its fine golden-coloured petals. It seems to require 
little nourishment, for it springs from crevices where alone 
appear mortar and rubbish. ‘The stem is bushy, and often 
from one to two feet high. Flowers large, with rich golded 
petals, not so dark as many of the garden varieties, but still 
very handsome. 
MONADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
THALAMIFLORZ. GERANEACE®. 
GERANIUM. (Cranz’s BILL.) 
Generic Character. Calya of five egg-shaped leaves. Petals 
five, rounded or inversely heart-shaped. Stamens ten, with glands 
at the base. Seed-vessel divided into five, each tipped with a 
narrow, erect awn, which is smooth on the inside, and finally 
recurved. 
This pretty genus of our wild flowers first shows itself in 
this month, but not more than one species is commonly 
observed. The seed-vessel is a beautiful object for the 
microscope, and, indeed, to the naked eye it is interesting, 
but the curious lengthened awns are only shown when the 
flower is quite over. One species makes its appearance 
early. 
