GERANIUMS. , 77 
base stalk-like narrowed ; the upper one broader than the rest 
and more copiously veined; the lower petals only streaked by 
purple, violet or deep-red veins, the upper ones towards the centre 
often somewhat spotted. Stamens connate at the base; seven 
generally fertile ; 
filaments gla- 
brous, subulate- 
linear ; - anthers 
ellipsoid, purple, 
fixed at their 
back ; __ pollen- 
grains orange- 
colored, smooth, 
ovate. Summit 
of the style gla- 
brous, very thin, 
deciduous ;__ its 
five stigmatic 
lobes or stigmas 
recurved. Fruit- 
lets five, } of an 
inch or less long, 
opening laterally, 
one- or rarely 
two-seeded; their 
narrow prolonga- 
tion 4 to 1 inch 
measuring in 
length. Seeds 
brown-black, not 
shining. Radicle 
conic-awlshaped, 
appressed to the 
lobeless and in- 
cumbent cotyle- 
dons. 
Our second 
the longest nearly half as long as the petals ; 
Fie. XXXIV. 
Min 
WZ 
WI 
N 
Sud & 
Fie. XXXIV.—1, the five petals; 2, the seven fertile 
and three sterile stamens; 3, pollen-grains, the lower dry, 
the upper moistened ; 4, pistil with portion of calyx; 
5, longitudinal section of ovary. 
