40 



10. GERANIACE^. 



mm 





Erodium moschatum. 



l.oftv 



Roadsides, pastviro and cul- 

 tivated land.- July - Nov.^ 

 Central and southern Europe ; 

 western Asia. 



3. E. cicuta,riu m, 

 LHeritier. Coiniiuni KnuUuin. 

 Smaller plant than the pre- 

 ceding, the leaves pinnatisect, 

 with oblong pinnatitid lobes ; 

 flowers pink or purplish. 2-8 

 in umbels on erect, radical, or 

 axillary peduncles : petals 

 rather unecjual, .spreading; 

 longer than the calyx, ciliate 

 on the claw ; filaments not 

 toothed; beak 2-4 cm. (i|-l:^ in.) 

 long. 



Pasture. cultivated land, 

 sandy soil near sea. This and 

 the preceding are often called 

 "Wild (Jeranium.'' Var. iiiucu- 

 Idtmn, Rlack, a dwajf form 

 with white petals, two of 

 are red -spotted, 

 Aug. -Oct. — Almost 



wiucn 

 Range. 



IS 



all 



found in the Alount _ 



temperate countries. 



3. PEr..\RGONiuM, L'Heritier. 



(From tlie Greek pcJdnio.'i, a stork; alluding to the beak of 



the fruit.) 

 1. Pelargonium grave- 



olenS) Aiton. Bosr (ieravium. 

 l^ough-villous, much-branched, 

 lemon - scented perennial with 

 shrubby stem ; leaves semicircu- 

 lar in outline, stalked, deeply 



o-T oblong pin- 



with recurved 



oval-acuminate, 



; umbels 4-12- 



palmatifid, with 



natifid lobes, 



edges; stipules 



cordate at base 



flowered, on long peduncles ; calyx 



with a short tube or spur running 



down the pedicel ; petals pink, 



nearly twice as long as calyx. 



the 2 upper ones larger and 

 streaked with crimson ; stamen.s 

 10, of which 7 are fertile, fila- 

 ments united in a tube at base; 

 beak short, awns liearded inside. 

 Pasture: Happy Valley; Port 

 Victor. — Aug. - Dec. — Soixth 

 Africa. 



Pelargonium 



