432 xxxn. GERANIACE^:. (Edg-eworth & Hook, f.) [Geranium. 



Temperate Western Himalayas, KASHMIR, Jacquemont ; KISHTWAR, alt. 8000 ft., 

 T. Thomson. 



liuotstock tuberous. Flowering stems 12-18 in. high, slender, simple or Kubumbel- 

 lately branched. Leaves 1^-3 in. diam.. segments very spreading, radical on very long 

 slender petioles; stipules variable. Inflorescence fmunmbelfod, with an involucre of 

 shortly petioled leaves : peduncles and pedicels m>et, clothed with long spreading glan- 

 dular hairs; bracts leafy, pinnatilid. Floia-rs 1 in. diam. ^'ejxil* cl,i]>tic. small, 

 obtus", apiculate, narrowly margined. Petals large, obcordate, ciliate at the very 

 base. Filament* very slender throughout their length. Fruit 1^-14 i 11 -, erect, hairy ; 

 carpels not wrinkled ; styles very short, /v t -,/x smooth. The re is no trace of the beaks 

 being separable from the axis, though the valves are removable. A very curious 

 tpecies. 



** Annual, flowers small, in curilfary pduncl^frt&ing pedicel* deft 



13. G. pusillum, Linn. : IX '. Pm,],\ \. 042; prostrate, very slender, 

 much branched, pubescent, leaves renifonn-orbicular deeply 5-9-lobed or 

 ])artite segments cuneate 3-lobed, petals obeordate scarcely exceeding 

 the mucronate sepals, carpels smooth, seeds smooth. />'r;/.ss. Fl. Orient. 

 i. 881. 



Western Temperate Himalaya; KA-MMII:. Fnlrom r ; KISHTWAR, alt. 8000 ft., 

 J. Thomson. IhsruiH. Syria and throughout Europe. 



Yerv slender and much bran. -lied, leafy, slightly glandular above. LeaV { , 1 in. 

 diam; sdpnles short. I-'lotrt'rx | in. diam., bine-purple, very small. /', M/x and Filn- 

 iliate at the base. Fruit .', in. Kmg. <',/,-j , /\ smooth, hairy. Seeds very minutely 

 granulate. 



14. G-. rotundifolium, Linn. ; !>('. P, <><!,'. \. f!43; suberect with very 



slender spreading branches, glaiidnlar-hairy, leaves renit'>rm 7-1;. i 

 inents broad obtusely lobtdate, petals cnneate entire exceeding the calyx. 

 carpels smooth, seeds deeply pitted. Unit*. /'/. Orient i. 880. G. potcn- 

 tilloides, A7o/:x(7/ /// /*'"'>< /'/-. }\'n/>/ ( /n. li':j, t. 17. 



1 'A N.I A i! at 1'eshawar, Victirii ; and llocshiai -pore, Aitfln *ou : WE8TERM TuiPBKATI 

 HIMALAYA, alt. i '.HHID it . : Kashmir, Fnh-mit r : .Jamu, Thornton; ( Jarwlial, alt. 2000 

 ft.. Xt ruclt. <(' ll'tiitir. iMs-JUir,. Sibt ria and Mast\\ ard to Kui'ope and N Afiica. 



-lender. Li'arc* }>-\\ in. diam.; petioles very slender. Flon- t _r* \ in. diam. 

 Petals red, glabrous. Fruit \ in. long. 



IT). G. mplle, Linn.; DC. /'/</>. i. (543 ; stems rather stout diffuse or 

 ascending softly villoufl and ghuulnlar, leaves orbicular ] tain lately 7-9-fid, 

 lobes cuneate obtusely lobulated, petals id. cordate exceeding the sepals, 

 carpels obliquely wrinkled, seeds smooth. JJoia*. F/. Orient, i. 



Temperate Western Himalaya; KISHTWAR, 6-9000 ft., Thomson; KUMAON, alt. 

 1500 it., Madden. DISTKIH. Westward to Kumpe and N. Africa. 



A common European weed, possibly introduced into India, but also found in Affgha- 

 nistan and Persia; more robust than the two preceding sp.-cirs. readily distinguished 

 by the wrinkled carpels, smooth seeds, purple petals ciliate at the base, and glabrous 

 filaments. 



SECT. 4. Peduncles 2-flowered. Flower-Inch pyramidal. Sepals broad or 

 cordate at the base, acuminate, not abruptly awned. Annual or biennial. 



16. G. Robertianum, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 644; erect, much 

 branched, pubescent or hairy, leaves triangular-oblong 5-foliolate or 

 ternatisect segments incised or pinnatifid, peduncles slender, pedicels 

 spreading, petals twice as long as the sepals clawed, carpels wrinkled 



