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Geranium continued. 

 lobules, h. Sin. Northern Italy, 1699. 

 See Fig. 97. 



An elegant alpine plant. 



G. asphodeloides (Asphodel-like). /. usually purplish-violet, 

 ' ' te, twice as long as the sharp- 



five-lobed ; lobes trifid ; 



few ; petals obovate, often truncate 



pointed downy sepals. Summer. I. u , -^ cu , *., wmu, 

 radical ones long-stalked, very downy. A. 6in. South Europe, 

 1828. ($. F. G. 661.) 



Geranium continued. 



and clothed with minute adpressed hairs, paler below, cut down 

 nearly or quite to the base into three to five divisions, with several 

 acute, erecto-patent, irregular, deltoid or linear teeth. Stems often 

 1ft. or 2ft. long, and entangled, generally naked in the lower part, 

 but clothed with short grey glandular pubescence upwards. 

 South Africa, 1862. (Ref. B. 147.) 



h. 9in. 

 G. cinereum (grey). 



Jl. pale red, with dark stripes ; petals 



FIG. 96. GERANIUM ANEMON^EFOLIUM. 



G. atlanticum (Atlantic).* JL liin. in diameter, in terminal, 

 two-flowered, hairy peduncles ; sepals elliptic, acuminate ; petals 

 pale purple, with red veins, obcordate, three or four times as long 

 as the sepals. June. I. orbicular, cut nearly to the base into 

 five or seven narrowly obovate or cuneate, tvifld or pinnatifidly 

 laciniated, and toothed segments. Stems 1ft. to lift. high. 

 Algiers, 1878. (B. M. 6452.) 



FIG. 97. GERANIUM ARGENTEUM. 



G. caffrum (Caff re). /. in pairs, on long slender pedicels ; petals 

 pale lilac or white, obovate, emarginate at the apex, considerably 

 exceeding the calyx. June. I. lin. to 3in. broad, full green above, 



emarginate ; peduncles almost radical, two - flowered. June. 

 I. almost radical, stalked, clothed with glaucous pubescence, five 

 to seven-parted, with wedge-shaped trifld lobes, h. 6in. Pyre- 

 nees, &c. Plant almost stemless. 



G. collinum (hill-loving), fl. purplish-violet ; petals entire, 

 roundish, hardly longer than the calyx. May. I. palmately five- 

 parted, with somewhat trilobed lobes, deeply serrated ; peduncles 

 and calyces covered with clammy hairs. Stem angular, diffused, 

 and somewhat decumbent, pubescent. Eastern Europe, &c., 

 1815. 



G. cristatum (crested). A synonym of 6. albanum. 



G. dahnricum (Dahurian).* fl. purple ; petals entire, much 

 bearded at the base ; peduncles two-flowered, three times longer 

 than the leaves. June. I. opposite, three to five-parted, with 

 cut, acute lobes. Stem erect, smooth, naked at the base. h. IJft. 

 Dahuria, 1820. 



G. Endressii (Endress's).* fl. light rose, with darker veins; 

 petals oblong-ovate, entire, fringed at base ; filaments densely 

 hairy ; peduncles axillary, two-flowered. Summer. I. opposite, 

 stalked, palmate ; upper ones three-lobed, lower ones five-lobed ; 

 lobes acute, serrated, h. 1ft. Pyrenees. 



G. eriostemon (woolly-stamened). Jl. pale violet, with white 

 stamens, but purple towards the apex ; petals entire, bearded at 

 the base. June. I. five-lobed, with ovate deeply-toothed lobes ; 

 lower ones on long stalks, alternate ; upper ones sessile, opposite. 

 Stem slightly angled, forked, erect, h. 6in. to 3ft. Nepaul, 1822. 

 (Sw. Ger. 197.) 



G. ibericum (Iberian).* fl. blue, large; petals obcordate, or 

 somewhat trifid. Summer and autumn. I. five to seven- 

 parted, with pinnately-cut lobes and toothed lobules, villous, 

 dichotomous, erect, h. 1ft. Iberia, 1802. A very showy plant. 

 (B. M. 1386.) 



G. i. platypetalum (broad-petaled). fl. deep violet, with red- 

 dish streaks ; more than lin. in diameter ; petals emarginate. 

 Summer. /. alternate or opposite ; lobes five to seven, deeply cut, 

 fringed, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Georgia. See Fig. 98. 



G. Lambert! (Lambert's).* fl. bright lilac, large ; petals large, 

 roundish-ovate, concave and veiny ; filaments beset with white 

 hairs. Summer and autumn. I. opposite, cordate, five-lobed, 

 pilose on both surfaces, soft ; lobes wedge-shaped, cut, toothed. 

 Stem diffuse, branched, elongated. Nepaul, 1824. (Sw. Ger. 

 338.) 



G. lucidum (clear), fl. bright rose-coloured, small. May to 



