NAT. ORDER 

 Geraniacea. 



PELARGONroM QUERCIFOLIUM. GATH'S PERFECTION. 



<Class'XN\. MoNADELPHiA. Order III. Heptandria. — 



Gen. Char. Calyx, five-parted. Corolla, five-petalled, iaregular, 

 Filaments, ten, unequal. 



Spe. Char. Petals, tricolor. Styles, five, filiform. 



The root is long, slender, knotty and fibrous ; the leaves are 

 deeply serrated, and are placed upon long, slender footstalks, 

 ■which stand in pairs ; sepals five, persistent, more or less uneqtial ; 

 with an imbricated asstivation; petals five, seldom four, in conse- 

 quence of one being abortive ; the stamens usually monadelphous, 

 hypogynous, two or three times as large as the petals, some occa- 

 sionally abortive ; ovarium comj^osed of five pieces placed round 

 an elevated axis, each one-celled, one-seeded ; ovula pendulous; 

 styles five, cohering round the elongated axis ; fruit formed of five 

 (pieces, cohering round alengthened, indurated axis; eachpiececon- 

 sisting of one cell, containing one seed, having a membranous per- 

 icarpium, and terminated by an indurated style, which finally curls 

 back from the base upwards, carrying the pericarpium along with 

 it ; the seeds are solitary, pendulous, and without albumen ; the 

 embryo is somewhat curved ; the radicle is usually found pointing 

 to the base of the cell ; the cotyledons are foliaceous, convolute, 

 and plaited ; stems turned, and separate at the joints; /eaves either 

 opposite or alternate ; in the latter case opposite the peduncles. 



For this beautiful species of the Geranium tribe, we are 

 indebted to Mr. Carter, an artist of great merit. His spe- 



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