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Tribe 2. GtERAnie^. Flowers regulai' or irregular. Sepals unequal, 

 strongly imbricate. Stamens 5-7-10-15, monadelplious or polyadelphous. 

 Ovary beaked, the beak prolonged into a style ; stigmas 5, linear. Carpels 

 l-sseded, tailed. Leaves mostly simple, variously cut or multifid, stipulate. 

 Flowers regular. 



Stamens 15, in parcels of 3 each 2. MoxsoxiA. 



Stamens 15, monadelplious 3. Sarcocatjlon. 



Stamens 10, monadelplious 4. Gekaxifm. 



Stamens 5, monadelplious 5. Eeodium. 



Flowei's irregular. Stamens 7 or fewer. Petals |, 



or the lower absent ; back sepal tubular at base, 



the tube connate with the pedicel 6. Pelargonium. 



Tribe 3. Balsamine.^:. Flowers irregular. Sepals coloured, very un- 

 equal, the posterior spurred, two anterior very small or none. Petals hy- 

 pogynous. Stamens 5, short. Ovary beakless ; stigma sessile. Capsules 

 bursting with elasticity. 

 Herbs 7. Impatiens. 



Tribe 1. Oxalide^. 



1. OXALIS, Linn. 



Sepals 5, free or united at base. Petals 5, convolute, their 

 claws conniving into a funnel-shaped tube. Stamens 10, con- 

 nate at base, 5 alternate shorter. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled, 

 beakless ; ovules few or many ; styles 5, filiform ; stigmas 

 capitate or pencilled. Capsules deeply 5-lobed, globose or 

 oblong ; seeds 1 or several, albuminous. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 313. 



A cosmopolitan genus, particularly abundant in the southern hemisphere. 

 Leaves compound ; leaflets rarely 1 or 2, commonly 3, sometimes many 

 and digitate. Flowers red purple white yellow or streaked. — There are 

 (at least) 108 Cape species, all herbaceous, and most of them bxilb-rooted ; 

 they blossom in the winter and early spring months. 



Tribe 2. G-eranie^. 



2. MONSONIA, Linn. f. 



Sepals equal at base, mucronate. Petals spreading equally, 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens 15, connate at base and 

 spreading in 5 parcels, each of 3 stamens, whose filaments co- 

 here for half their length. Ovary 5-lobed, beaked ; ovules so- 

 litary. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 254. 



Annual or perennial, herbaceous or half-shrubby plants, with slender 

 stems. Leaves simple, subentire, toothed, or deeply-lobed or cut. Pe- 

 duncles 1-2, or urabellately several-flowered. — 8 Cape species, dispersed. 



3. SARCOCAULON, DC. 



Sepals equal at base, mucronate. Petals sj^reading equally. 

 Stamens 15, connate at base ; filaments subulate, not coher- 

 ing in parcels. — Fl, Cap. i. p. 256. 



