Erodlum.] . xxxii. geraniace-t-: (oliver). S'Ji 



decumbent or ascending branches more or less softly pubescent or pubescent- 

 tomentose. Eadical leaves ovate-cordate, obscurely or distinctly 3-5-lobed, 

 unequally crenate, on rather long petioles ; cauline ovate-oblong, lobed or 

 subpinnatifid. Beak slender, 1^-2^ in. long. 



Nile Itand. Nubia {Schweivf. ei Asch. Enum.). 



4. PELARGONIUM. L'Hcr. ; Benth. et Hook. f. (ion. I'l. i. 273. 



Flowers irregnlar. Sepals 5, the posterior sepal with a spur adnate to the 

 pedicel. Petals 5 or fewer, the two upper dissimilar. Stamens 10, connate 

 at the base, 7 or fewer antheriferous. Ovary and fruit as in Geranium. — 

 Herbs or undershrubs, glandular, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves opposite 

 or alternate, stipulate. Flowers umbellate, on leaf-opposed axillary' or ra- 

 dical peduncles. 



A large and characteristic Cape genus with but few outliers in tropical Africa, Western 

 Asia, and Australasia. I have not satisfactorily identified any of the following with (.'apt 

 species, excepting P. flabeJIifolium. 



1-2 ft., erect or ascending. Leaves 5 -fid, remotely toothed. Pe- 

 tals 5. Pedicels 1^-2 in., glabrous or thinly pubescent . . \. P. multibractealum. 

 Subcsespitose with a short erect stem. Leaves 5-partite with 



deeply 3-fid or subentire segments. Petals 5, entire. Pedicels 



strigillose, %-\ in 2. P. quinquelobatum. 



Stem short, fleshy, rough with persistent bases of stijudes. 



Leaves incise-lobate, toothed. Petals emarginate . . . " . . . 3. f. cor I us erf o Hum. 

 Acaulescent or nearly so. I-eaves flabelliform, palmatifid or pal- 



matipartite. ■ Segments entire or pinnatifid. Petals 5, entire . 4. P. flabeUifolium. 

 Prostrate. Leaves rotundate-reniform, obscurely lobed, crenate. 



Petals 4 5. P. glechomoidet. 



1. P. multibracteatum, Hochst. in Rich. Ft. Ahyss. i. 119. Stem 

 somewhat shrubby below, attaining 1-2 ft. or more, thinly pilose or strigil- 

 lose above, at length glabrous and shining, the older portions irregularly 

 knotty. Leaves membranous, palmatifid or sub-7-fid with broadly oblong 

 or ovate, obtuse or scarcely acute, remotely serrate or crenate-serrate segments, 

 more or less appressed-pilose or hispid-pilose especially beneath, or subseri- 

 ceous, 2-5 in. diam. ; petioles various up to 6 in. Stipules ovate or ovate- 

 elliptical, acute or acuminate, about ^ in. long. Peduncles elongate, in. 

 to 1 ft. ; umbels 6-10-flowered ; bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate. Pedicels 

 l|-lf in. Calyx-spur adnnte nearly to the base of the pedicel. Petals 5, 

 obovate-spathulale, entire, twice as long as the linear- or oblong-lanceolate 

 apiculate sepals. — P. abyssinicum, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 65. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, thickets in rocky mountainous situations. Salt! Schimprr f 



Roth ! and others. 



Apparently allied to P. alchemilloides, Willd. 



2. P. quinquelobatum, Huchsi. in Rich. Fl. Jlyss. i. 118. Stems 

 very short or attaining several inches from a subcjespitose rootstock, more or 

 less clothed with a deflexed pubescence intermixed with long patent luiirs. 

 Leaves 5-partite ; segments with one or two deep lateral rather obtuse lobes 

 near the middle, lobate-dentate or subentire and oblong or linear, obtuse or 



