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Pelargonium continued. 



long as the petals ; peduncles deflexed, three to five-flowered. 

 May. I. shortly petiolate, cordate at base, sinuato-pinnatifid, 

 hairy, strongly scented; lobes and sinuses rounded; margins 

 wavy and crenatecL Stem much-branched, A. 3ft. 1774. A 

 well-known shrub. 



P. Radula (Radula).* fl. pale purple, with dark streaks, small, 

 pedicellate; calyx densely setose and glandular, the tube short ; 

 peduncles short, hispid, four or five-flowered. June. I. on rather 

 long petioles, palmati-partite, roughly hispid above, softly 

 pubescent beneath ; lobes narrow-linear, pinnatifid, with revolute 

 margins, h. 3ft. 1774. A much-branched, balsamic-scented 

 shrub. 



P. sanguineum (bloody), fl. scarlet, pedicellate ; calyx tube 

 long or short, with reflexed segments ; petals narrow-obovate. 

 July. I. pinnati-partite, glabrous, rather thick ; pinnae sessile, 

 decurrent, laciniately pinnatifid, with obtuse lobes. Stein 

 shrubby, fleshy, nodose, glabrous; flowering branches her- 

 baceous, h. 1ft. Probably a hybrid. (Sw. Ger. 76.) 



P. schizopetalum (cut-petaled). fl., petals five, nearly equal, 

 two-parted, the divisions multifidly laciniate, or divided into 

 numerous branching segments, the two upper ones pale yellow, 

 the lower ones brownish-purple ; umbel several-flowered, spread- 

 ing. Summer. L about 6in. long, ternate or deeply trifid, 

 obtuse, oblong-oval, undulate, hairy on both sides, unequally 

 round-toothed ; terminal leaflet very large, eleven to thirteen- 

 lobed. Stem short.suffruticose, rather succulent. Boot tuberous. 

 h. 1ft. 1821. (Sw. Ger. 232.) 



P. Schottii (Schott's).* fl. l^in. to liin. in diameter ; calyx tube 

 lin. long ; petals crimson, with black, elongated, broken blotches 

 running into the nerves on the disk ; umbel six to ten-flowered ; 

 peduncle 4in. to lOin. long, simple or branched. I. scattered, on 

 petioles 4in. to lOin. long, pinnately three to seven-foliolate ; 

 lobes or pinnules all much cut and lobulate, with waved and 

 crisped, toothed margins. Stem succulent, branched, 1ft. to lj_ft. 

 high, somewhat shrubby at base. Plant hairv. Garden hybrid. 

 (B7M.5777.) 



FIG. 66. INFLORESCENCE AND LEAF OF PELARGONIUM 

 TRICOLOR. 



P. tricolor (three-coloured)." fl. on long pedicels ; sepals villous ; 

 two upper petals generally very dark red, the three lower ones 

 white, but sometimes the upper ones are coloured at the base 

 only, where there is always a darker spot ; partial peduncles two 

 or three-flowered. July. I. on long, slender petioles, villous- 

 canescent, lanceolate or oblong, incised-toothed or lobed. Stem 

 shrubby, short, branching, diffuse. A. lift 1791. See Fig. 66. 

 (B. M. 240 ; Sw. Ger. 43.) 



P. triste (dull-flowered), fl. dull brownish-yellow, with dark 

 spots, or partly dark-brown, with a pale border, very sweetly 

 aromatic at night ; petals twice as long as the calyx segments ; 

 peduncles long ; umbel many-flowered. July. 1. Sin. to 12in. 

 long ; radical and lower ones bi-tripinnately decompound ; seg- 

 ments decurrent, toothed and laciniated, the teeth gland-tipped. 

 Stem short or scarcely any, deflexed, succulent. 1632. Herb. 

 (B. M. 1641.) Svx. P. millefoliatum (Sw. Ger. 230). 



P. t. filipendnlifolinxn (Propwort-leaved). I. sub-bipinnatifid ; 

 segments broader than in the type. Plant caulescent. (Sw. Ger. 

 85, under name of P. filipendulifolium.) 



P. vitifolium (Vine-leaved), fl. purple, small, sessile, in densely 

 many-flowered heads ; petals short. July. I. on long petioles, 

 cordate at base, three-lobed ; lobes shallow, very obtuse and 

 rounded, toothed ; stipules broadly cordate. A. lift. 1724. Plant 

 suffruticose, erect, densely hairy and villous. 



P. zonale (zonal). " Horseshoe Geranium." ft. varying from 

 scarlet and crimson through all shades of red to pure white, sub- 

 sessile ; calyx tube four or five times longer than the segments ; 

 petals narrow-cuneate or spathulute ; peduncles long, many- 



Felargonium continued. 



flowered. August. 1. on long petioles, roundish-cordate, glabrous 

 or pubescent, mostly with a dark horseshoe mark above (whence 

 the common name), crenate-toothed, obsoletely many-Iobed. 

 Younger branches succulent, h. 2ft. 1710. A well-known shrub. 



See Fig. 67. 



'enopetalum is a variety with very narrow. 



Fio. 67. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PELARGONIUM ZONALB. 



linear petals. Of P. zonale there are innumerable garden forms, 

 of which a selection is subjoined. Now and then, seedlings 

 develop only proliferous flowers, like those shown in Fig. 68. 



68. ABNORMAL PROLII-EHOUS INFLORESCENCE OF 

 PELARGONIUM ZONALE. 



VARIETIES. Pelargoniums are exceedingly numerous 

 in varieties, a circumstance not to be wondered at when 

 it is remembered how readily seedlings may be raised, 

 and how successful have been the results attending the 

 hybridising and improvement of these plants as systematic- 

 ally carried out by English and Continental raisers. 

 Subjoined is a selection of varieties representing the 

 several sections that have been referred to in the fore- 

 going cultural instructions. Doubtless, many others 



