Classification of Plants 



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A large genus, usually half shrubby, often with underground tubers 

 in chains (moniliform). The flowers are often cultivated and are 



I. II. 



Fig. 294. — Geraniutn. I. Pistil with honey-glands below the ovary. II. 

 Carpels splitting from the central column of coherent margins. {From Thom6 

 and Bennett's " Structural and Physiological Botany ".) 



I. 



Fig. 295. — Pelargonium cucullattim. Ait. I. Section through flower, 2^ 

 sepals and 2^ petals being removed ; Sp, hollow spur of upper sepal. II. Style 

 with stigmas ready for pollination. III. Diagram of flower. (From Edmonds 

 and Marloth's " Elementary Botany for South Africa ".) 



commonly called Geraniums, from which they differ in the irregular 

 flowers, the stamens, and the one gland. The flowers often give forth a 

 delightful odour at twilight. 



