130 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



axillary and solitary or clustered, regular or slightly irregular 

 hypogynous, their parts in fives. Stanrens 5 or 10, monadel- 

 phous at the base. Carpels 5, each 2-ovuled, splitting away 

 with their long styles when ripe from a central axis and thus 

 scattering the seeds. 



I. GERANIUM, Tourn. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves with stipules, opposite or 

 alternate, usually cut or lobed. Flowers regular, on 1-2- 

 flowered axillary peduncles. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 

 10, ripening in 2 sets. Ovary 5-lobed, o-beaked ; stigmas 5. 



1. G. maculatum, L. Wild Cranesbill, Wild Geranium. 



Perennial, with an erect, hairy stem, 12-18 in. high. Leaves about 

 .5-parted, marked Avith pale blotches, the root-leaves loiig-petioled. 

 Flowers large (1 in. or more in diameter), light purple, somewhat 

 corymbed. Petals entire, twice as long as the calyx, the claw 

 bearded. Open woods and thickets ; common. 



2. G. robertianum. Herb Robert. Annual or biennial. Stems 

 somewhat hairy, weak and spreading, reddish. Leaves of 5 leaflets, 

 the latter once or twice pinnately cut, long-petioled. Flowers light 

 purple, about ^ in. in diameter, streaked with dark and light red. 

 Claws of petals smooth. Damp woods and ravines E. 



II. PELARGONIUM, L'Her. 



Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves with stipules, scented. 

 Flowers much as in the preceding genus, but one of the 

 sepals hollowed out below into a nectar-bearing tube extend- 

 ing down the pedicel. The 2 upper petals different in size or 

 shape from the other 3. Cultivated from the Cape of Good 

 Hope. [Most of the species are commonly, though not quite 

 correctly, called " geraniums." Only a few of the commonest 

 are here described.] 



1. P. peltatum, Ait. Ivy Geranium. Stems somewhat prostrate 

 and trailing. Leaves somewhat peltate, smooth or nearly so. 

 Flowers pink or white. 



2. P. zonale, Willd. Horseshoe Geranium. Stem erect, 

 widely branched, woody below. Leaves alternate, opposite or some- 

 times in 3's, round or kidney-shaped, palmately veined, crenate, 



