GERANIACE.E. II. MONSONIA. III. SARCOCAULON. IV. GERANIUM. 



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f. 1. Geranium speciosum, Thunb. Flowers large, rose-co- 

 loured, eye purple, greenish outside. 



Var. (3, pallida (Sweet, Ger. 1. t. 77.). Flowers straw-co- 

 loured, with a red centre and dark velvety eye. 



Sheny Monsonia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1774. PL i foot. 



Cult. Monsonia is a very shewy genus of herbaceous plants, 

 therefore deserve to be cultivated in every greenhouse. Sweet says 

 a mixture of light turfy loam and decayed leaves suits the species 

 best, and they are easily increased by cuttings and by pieces of 

 the roots ; these should be planted in the same kind of soil re- 

 commended for the plants, and a hand-glass placed over them. 



III. SARCOCAU'LON (from <rap aapKog, sarx sarkos, flesh, 

 and KavXoe, kaulos, a stem ; stem fleshy). Sweet, hort. brit. p. 

 73. Monsonia, sect. 1. Sarcocaulon, D. C. prod. 1. p. 638. 

 Monsonia, Lher. ger. t. 42. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Dodecdndria. Calyx of 5 equal 

 rnucronately-awned sepals. Petals 5, equal, twice as large as the 

 sepals. Stamens 15, joined together in one body at the base. 

 Shrubs with fleshy, spiny stems, and ovate or oblong, entire 

 or toothed leaves. Peduncles 1-flowered, each furnished at the 

 base with 2 small bracteas. Petals entire. 



1 S. L'HERITIE'RJ (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 73.) leaves ovate, 

 mucronate, entire, some of them are almost sessile, others on 

 long stalks. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mon- 

 sonia spinosa, Lher. ger. t. 42. M. L'heritieri, D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 638. Petioles permanent, spiny. Flowers 2 inches in dia- 

 meter, purple. 



L'Herilier's Sarcocaulon. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1790. Sh. 2 ft. 



2 S. PATERSONII ; leaves oblong-wedge-shaped, blunt, entire, 

 some of them are almost sessile, others on short petioles. Tj .G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Monsonia Patersonii, 

 D. C. prod. 1 . p. 638. Paters, itin. t. 1 4. Flowers an inch in 

 diameter, purple. Peduncles, according to the figure, spinescent. 



Paterson's Sarcocaulon. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1827. Sh. 1 ft. 



3 S. BURMA'NNI (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 73.) leaves oblong- 

 cuneated, crenate ; branches knotted. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Monsonia Burmanni, D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 638. Geranium spinosum, Burm. ger. no. 2. Cav. diss. 4. p. 

 195. t. 75. f. 2. Burm. afr. p. 81. t. 31. Leaves, according 

 to the figures, some are sessile, others on long petioles. Petioles 

 permanent, at length becoming spines. Flowers half an inch 



.in diameter, purple. Stamens are said to be 10, but the 

 number is not sufficiently known. Fruit with twisted awns. 

 Burmann's Sarcocaulon. Fl. July. Clt. 1790. Shrub 1 ft. 

 Cult. This is a genus of curious spiny shrubs, bearing beau- 

 tiful large flowers, sometimes 2 inches in diameter. The species 

 thrive well in a mixture of turfy loam, decayed leaves, and a 

 little sand ; and cuttings and slips of the roots will root readily 

 in good mould, under a hand-glass. 



IV. GERA'NIUM (from ytpavoc, geranos, a crane, the long 

 beak which terminates the carpels resembles the bill of the 

 crane). Lher. ger. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 844. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Dec&ndria. Calyx of 5 equal 

 sepals (f. 119. a.). Petals 5, equal (f. 119. 6.). Stamens 10, 

 5 of which are fertile and larger than the sterile 5, alternating 

 with each other, with a nectariferous gland at the base of each 

 of the larger stamens. Awns of carpels smooth on the inside, 

 at length separating elastically from the base to the apex of the 

 axis, where it adheres, circinnately revolute. Herbs, rarely 

 subshrubs, with palmate-lobed leaves, and 1-2-flowered pe- 

 duncles, bearing usually beautiful flowers of various hues. 



| 1. Perennials. Peduncles \-jlowered. 



* Plants stemless. 

 1 G. SESSILIFLORUM (Cav. diss. 4. p. 198. t. 77. f. 2.) stem- 



less ; peduncles rising from the root, much shorter than the 

 petioles ; leaves reniform, 5-7-parted, with 3-cleft lobes. 

 I/. H. Native of the Straits of Magellan. G. brSvipes, 

 Lher. mss. Flowers purplish. 



Sessile-flowered Crane's-bill. PL f foot. 



2 G. ACAU'LE (Willd. mss. in H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 

 5. p. 231.) stemless; peduncles rising from the root, short; 

 leaves many-parted, with linear, quite entire segments. % . G. 

 Native of South America on the Andes about Quito, at the 

 height of 6600 feet above the level of the sea. Flowers red. 



Stemless Crane's-bill. PI. \ foot. 



3 G. HUMBOLDTII (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 70.) almost stemless ; 

 leaves 5 -parted, thick, hoary beneath; segments linear, inter- 

 mediate one trifid ; peduncles very short ; calyxes and fruit 

 silky, y. . F. Native of South America. G. potentilloides, 

 Willd. herb. 



Humboldfs Crane's-bill. PI. J foot. 



4 G. SERICEUM (Willd. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 70.) 

 stem very dwarf, woody ; petioles dilated, divided ; leaves mul- 

 tifid, silky-villous ; segments linear. 1 . G. Native of South 

 America. 



Silky Crane's-bill. PI. | foot. 



* * Sterns trailing or tufted. 



5 G. CUCULLA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. 5. p. 231.) tufted ; 

 branches leafy ; peduncles a little longer than the leaves ; leaves 

 5-parted, hollow, ciliated, smooth, intermediate segments bifid 

 or trifid ; calyxes mucronated. 1. G. Native on mountains 

 about Popayan. G. ciliatum, Willd. herb. Flowers reddish. 



Hollow-leaved Crane's-bill. PI. ! foot. 



6 G. PHILONOTHUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 639.) stems prostrate; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles, furnished with bracteas at the 

 base, usually twisted ; leaves kidney-shaped, 3-5-parted, with 

 wedge-shaped lobes, which are 3-toothed at the apex. 1 . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland on the south-west coast. Habit almost of 

 Ranunculus parvrflbrus or R. philonbtis, but the plant is smooth. 



Marsh-loving Crane's-bill. PL trailing. 



7 G. POTENTILLOIDES (Lher. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 639.) 

 stems prostrate ; peduncles longer than the petioles, and furnish- 

 ed above the middle with 2 bracteas ; leaves kidney-shaped, 

 5-parted, with trifid lobes. I/. . G. Native of New Holland. 



Cinquef oil-like Crane's-bill. PL trailing. 



8 G. ARACHNOIDEUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 102. t. 20.) ele- 

 gantly hairy ; stem decumbent, slender, branched ; radical leaves 

 kidney-shaped, 7-parted, with narrow, lanceolate, trifid seg- 

 ments; peduncles filiform, elongated ; fruit villous. I/ . G. Na- 

 tive of Brazil in the province of St. Paul. Petals emarginate, red. 



Cobwebbed Crane's-bill. PL trailing. 



9 G. MULTI'FIDUM (Sweet, ger. 245. but not of D. Don,) stem 

 branched, diffuse, slender, pubescent; leaves silky, white be- 

 neath, quinate, or deeply 5-parted ; leaflets and segments 3-part- 

 ed, multifid, linear; peduncles elongated, 1-2-flowered; sepals 

 silky, 3-nerved ; petals emarginate, much longer than the calyx. 

 y. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals rose-coloured, 

 bearded at the base. Filaments slightly fringed. 



Multifid-leaved Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1825. PL 

 prostrate. 



10 G. LANCASTRIE'NSE (With. fl. brit. 600.) stem prostrate, 

 rather tumid at the joints ; peduncles axillary, much longer 

 than the petioles, furnished with 2 bracteas in the middle ; 

 leaves opposite, 5-7-parted, with trifid lobes ; lobules linear. 

 % . H. Native of Europe on the sandy sea-coast ; in England 

 on the sandy coast in the Isle of Walney, Lancashire. Flowers 

 large, beautiful, flesh-coloured, with purple veins. G. pros- 

 tratum, Cav. diss. 4. p. 196. t. 76. f. 3. 



Lancashire Crane's-bill. Fl. July, Sept. Brit. PL trailing. 

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