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5. G. pissectum. Willd. Wood Crane’s-bill. 
St. diffuse, pubescent; lvs. deeply 5-parted, lobes 3-cleft, incisely dentate ; 
ped. dichotomous; pedicels hairy; sep. mucronately awned, scarcely as long as 
the emarginate petals; beak hairy; carp. rugose.—Q) rocky places, N. Sts.! 
A small spreading plant, 8—12’ long. «Leaves pentagonal in outline, 13—2’ 
diam., divisions and their segments oblong-linear, submucronate. Peduncles 
6—10” long, with 4 bracts at the fork. Pedicels6—10’ long. Sepals 3-veined. 
Petals purplish, deeply notched, a little longer than the sepals. Jn. Jl. 
6. G. sancuinEuM. Bloody Geranium.—St. erect, diffusely branched; ped, 
longer than the petioles; lvs. opposite, 5-parted, orbicular in outline, lobes trifid, 
with linear segments; carpels bristly at top—A beautiful species native of 
Europe, deemed worthy of culture by many a florist. Grows about a foot high. 
Leaves orbicular, deeply divided into 5 or 7, 3-fid lobes. Flowers large, round, 
of a deep red or blood-color. t+ 
2, ERODIUM. L’Her. 
Gr. epwétos, a heron; from the resemblance of the beaked fruit to the heron’s bill. 
Calyx 5-leaved ; petals 5; scales 5, alternate with the filaments 
and nectariferous glands at the base of-the stamens; filaments 10, 
the 5 alternate ones abortive ; fruit rostrate, of 5 aggregate capsules, 
each tipped with the long, spiral style, bearded inside. 
1. E. moscuAtum. L’Heritier. (Geranium moschatum. Linn.) Musk Gera- 
nium.—St. procumbent; /vs. pinnated with stalked, ovate, unequally serrated 
segments; ped. downy, glandular ; pet. equaling the calyx.—@ Native of Eng- 
land. Sometimes cultivated for the strong, musky scent of its herbage. A foot 
high. Leaves large. Flowers small, purple. May—Jl. 
2. E. ciconium. L’Her. (G. ciconium. Linn.) Heron’s-bill Geraniwm.—St. 
ascending; lvs. pinnate; /fts. pinnatifid, toothed; ped. many-flowered ; pet. ob- 
long, obtuse.—@ From 8. Europe. Stem about lf high. Flowers purple. 
3; PELARGONIUM. LHer. 
Gr. mehapyos, a stork; from the resemblance of the beaked fruit to the stork’s bill. 
Sepals 5, the upper one ending in a nectariferous tube extending 
down the peduncle with which it is connected; pet. 5, irregular, 
longer than the sepals; filaments 10,3 of them sterile—A large 
genus of shrubby or herbaceous plants, embracing more than 300 spectes 
and innumerable varreties, nearly all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Lower lus. (in plants raised from the seed) opposite, upper ones alternate. 
* Stem scarcely any. Root tuberous. 
1. P. Fuavum. Carrot-leaved Geraniwm.—St. very simple; lvs. decompound, 
laciniate, hairy, segments linear; wmbel many-flowered.—Flowers brownish- 
yellow. From the Cape of Good Hope, as well as the other species. 
2. P. triste. Mourning Geranium.—Lvs. hairy, pinnate; lfts. bipinnatifid, 
divisions linear, acute. A foot high. Flowers dark green, in simple umbels. 
* * Stem elongated, herbaceous or suffruticose. 
3. P. oporatissimum. Nutmeg-scented Geraniwm.—St. short, fleshy; Js. 
roundish, cordate, very soft; 4ranches herbaceous, long, diffuse——Valued chiefly 
for the powerful, aromatic smell of the leaves, the flowers being small, whitish. 
4. P. ALcHEMILLOIDES. Lady’s-mantle Geranium.—St. villous; lvs. cordate, 
villous, 5-lobed, palmate; ped. few-flowered; stig. sessile—Stem 6/ high, dif- 
fuse, very hairy, with deflexed bristles. Flowers pink-colored. 
5. P. TricOLor. Three-colored Geranium.—sSt. suffruticose, erect; lvs. lance- 
olate, villous, cut-dentate, trifid; wpper pet. glandular at base.—Stem 14f high. 
This species is distinguished for its beautifully variegated flowers. Petals 
roundish and nearly uniform in shape, but very different in color; the 3 lower 
