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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Pelargonium continued. 



P. Endlicherianum (Endlicher's).* /. deep rose-coloured, large ; 

 sepals spreading ; two larger petals marked with five deep purple 

 nerves ; peduncles long, terminal ; umbel terminal, many-flowered. 

 July. I. few ; radical ones long-petiolate ; cauline ones on shorter 

 stalks ; all cordate, plicate, with a deep sinus, obscurely five- 

 lobed. Stems simple, erect, herbaceous. Rootstock large, h. 2ft. 

 Taurus, 1855. Nearly hardy. See Fig. 63. (B. M. 4946 ; F. d. S. 

 2031: U. G. 311.) 



FIG. 64. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PELARGONIUM INQ.CINANS. 



P. fissum (cleft).* fl. pale pink, not dotted or streaked ; petals 

 sub-equal, exceeding the calyx. Summer. I. roundish-reniform, 

 with toothed lobes, hairy when young. A. 1ft. Herbaceous. 

 (Ref. B. 149.) 



P. fragrans (fragrant), of Sweet.* Nutmeg-scented Geranium. 

 fl. white, marked with red lines on the upper petals ; upper 

 calyx segment erect, the others reflexed ; two upper petals 

 ligulate, slightly emarginate, the lower ones obovate or broadly 

 spathulate. Summer. I. roundly cordate, generally three-lobed, 

 bluntly toothed or crenate, strongly veined beneath, densely 

 pubescent. Stem shrubby, erect, much-branched; branches 

 spreading. A. 2ft. Hybrid. (Sw. Ger. 172.) 



P. gibbosum (swollen). Gouty Geranium, fl. greenish-yellow, 

 on very short pedicels ; calyx segments villous, pubescent ; petals 

 obovate. June. 1. glaucous and nearly glabrous, pinnati- 

 partite; segments one or two pairs, with a terminal one, the 

 lowest petiolate, all broadly cuneate, cut or lobed; stipules 

 small. Stem shrubby succulent, much swollen at the distant 

 nodes. A. lift. 1712. (Sw. Ger. 61.) 



P. glauciifolium (Horned Poppy-leaved).* /. very dark, vel- 

 vety, blackish-purple, edged with greenish-yellow, exquisitely 

 fragrant ; calyx segments obtuse ; petals all obovate, the two 

 upper ones rather larger. Summer. I. variable in form, ternate, 

 pinnatifld, lobed, or sinuated, densely woolly beneath. Stem 

 suffruticose, slightly branched. Root tuberous. Hybrid between 

 P. gibbosum and P. lobatum. (Sw. Ger. 179.) 



P. grandiflorum (large-flowered). /. large ; petals nearly three 

 times longer than the calyx, two upper obovate, white, marked 

 with red branching lines at the base, lower ones broadly spathu- 

 late, white. I. long-stalked, palmately five to seven-nerved, 

 deeply five to seven-lobed. 1794. Supposed to be one of the 

 parents from which have originated the Show and Fancy Pelar- 

 goniums of florists. (A. B. R. 12 ; Sw. Ger. 29.) 



P. heracleifolium (Heracleum-leaved). ft. greenish-yellow; 

 calyx segments pubescent, half as long as the obovate petals ; 



Pelargonium continued. 



umbel ten to twelve-flowered. July. I. rather thick, softly 

 villous above, tomentose beneath, oblong, deeply incised-pinna- 

 tifld or somewhat pinnate, serrated, the terminal segment very 

 large. Stem short and deflexed, herbaceous, A. 6in. 1800. 

 (L. B. C. 437; Sw. Ger. 211.) 



P. hirsutum melananthum (hairy, black - flowered). /. 

 blackish-purple ; calyx softly pubescent, the sepals with mem- 

 brahous margins ; umbels many-flowered. Summer. I. stalked, 

 very variable, simple, pinnatificl, bipinnatifid, or almost pinnati- 

 partite. A. 6in. to 12in. Herbaceous. (Sw. Ger. 73.) SVNS. 

 Hoarea alra (Sw. Ger. 72), H. mclanantha. 



P. hybridum (hybrid), fl. pale scarlet ; calyx segments spread- 

 ing ; petals five, or sometimes six, wedge-shaped, the two 

 uppermost ones smallest, and converging at base. September. 

 I. roundish-reniform, truncate at base, slightly lobed, unequally 

 notched ; petioles hairy. Stem shrubby, much-branched ; 

 branches short. A. 2ft. 1732. (Sw. Ger. 63.) 



P. igncscens (flery-flowered).* fl. scarlet ; nectariferous tube 

 twice as long as the calyx ; two upper petals obovate, the three 

 lower ones ligulate. Summer. I. cordate, deeply three-lobed, in 

 some cases nearly to the base ; the side lobes slightly bilobed, the 

 intermediate one trilobed. Stem shrubby, with a few succulent 

 branches. A. lift 1812. Hybrid. (L. B. C. 109; Sw. Ger. 2.) 



P. inquinans (stained-flowered).* fl. varying from intense scarlet 

 to rose-colour and white ; petals broadly obovate ; pedicels very 

 short; peduncles long, many-flowered. July. I. shortly petio- 

 late, orbicular-reniform, velvety, and somewhat viscous-pubes- 

 cent, crenate, almost undivided or obsoletely multi-lobulate. 

 Younger branches succulent, velvety. A. 2ft. 1714. This shrub 

 is the parent of most of the so-called " Scarlet Geraniums " of our 

 gardens. It lacks the horseshoe mark of P. zonale, and has 

 broader and shorter petals. See Fig. 64. 



P. millefoliatum (Milfoil-leaved). A synonym of P. triste. 



P. oblongatum (oblong).* fl. cream-coloured, marked on the 

 upper petals with purple veins ; calyx tube and stamens very 

 long ; petals broadly obovate ; umbels many-flowered. Su 

 I. glabrous, fleshy, on long or short petioles, broadly 



mmer. 

 vate, 



obtuse or sub-acute, pale green, paler below ; margins lobulate 

 and obscurely irregularly toothed, sometime 

 tuberous. A. 6in. 1872. (B. M. 5fc96. 



multifld. Root 



FIG. 65. PELARGONIUM PELTATUM, showing Habit and 

 portion of detached Umbel. 



P. pcltatum (peltate-leaved).* Ivy-leaved Pelargonium. /. vary- 

 ing from white to red, large or small ; petals twice as long 

 as the calyx ; peduncles elongated, four to eight-flowered. July. 

 I. glabrous or pubescent, fleshy, peltate, radiately five-nerved 

 below, bluntly five-angled or lobed, with very entire margins. 

 Stem shrubby ; branches angular, weak and straggling, h. 2ft. 

 1701. See Fig. 65. (B. M. 20 ; Sw. Ger. 95.) 



P. pulchellum (pretty).* fl, umbellate, outer ones pedicellate, 

 inner ones sub-sessile ; petals white, each with a large, deep 

 red spot ; scapes branched, pilose. April. I. on short, hairy 

 petioles, oblong, silky, incised-pinnatifid ; lobes oblong, acute ; 

 stipules broadly ear-shaped, rigid. Stem short and succulent, 

 scarcely branched, sometimes obsolete. 1795. (B. M. 524; 

 Sw. Ger. 31.) 



P. quercifolium (Oak-leaved).* Oak-leaf Geranium, fl. purple 

 or pink, shortly pedicellate ; sepals elliptic, mucronate, half as 



