GERANIACE^E. V. ERODIUM. VI. PELARGONIUM. 



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48 E. GEOIDES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 99. t. 19.) stem herba- 

 ceous, prostrate, hairy ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 5-7, ovate, 

 roundish, deeply toothed, 2 lower ones free, sessile, the rest con- 

 fluent; stipulas ovate, triangular ; peduncles 4-6-flowered. O- 

 H. Native of Brazil at the river Plate. Flowers purple. 



Geum-like Heron's-bill. PL prostrate. 



* Stemless, or almost so. 



49 E. ASPLENIOIDES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 635.) plant villously 

 pubescent, stemless ; peduncles many-flowered ; leaves ternate ; 

 leaflets obovate, obtuse, deeply toothed, terminal one somewhat 

 lobed. 1 . F. Native of the north of Africa on the mountains 

 of Sbiba. Geranium asplenioides, Desf. atl. 2. p. 109. t. 168. 

 E. muticum, Lher. ined. Root thick. Corolla purplish-violet, 

 twice the length of awnless calyx. 



Spleen-wort-like Heron's-bill. PI. ^ foot. 



50 E. ARDUINUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 637.) stemless ; leaves 

 cordate, 5-lobed, crenated, blunt ; peduncles many-flowered. 

 2/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Geranium Ardui- 

 num, Lin. spec. 952. Flowers ? 



A rduin's Heron's-bill. PI. ^ foot. 



51 E. REICHA'RDI (D. C. prod. 1. p. 649.) plant almost stem- 

 less, tufted ; leaves small, cordate, crenated, obtuse, smoothish ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered; petals larger than the calyx. l/.H. 

 Native of Majorca. Geranium Reichardi, Murr. comm. goett. 

 1780. p. 11. t. 3. G. parvulum, Scop. ins. 8. t. 3. f. B. E. 

 chamaedryoides, Lher. ger. t. 6. exclusive of the synonyme of 

 Bocconi. Curt. bot. mag. t. 18. Flowers white. 



Reichard's Heron's-bill. Fl. Apr. Sep. Clt. 1783. PI. -| ft. 



* Stems suffruticose. 



52 E. HYMENOIDES (Lher. ger. t. 4.) stem erect, branched, 

 shrubby at the base ; branches clothed with long soft hairs ; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; leaves somewhat 3-lobed or 3- 

 parted, very blunt, deeply toothed ; stipulas and bracteas sca- 

 rious, ovate ; calyxes awnless. Tj . G. Native on Mount 

 Atlas in fissures of rocks. Sweet, ger. t. 23. Geranium geifolium, 

 Desf. atl. 2. p. 108. G. trifolium, Cav. diss. 4. t. 97. f. 3. 

 E. trilobatum, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 508. Flowers pink ; 

 upper petals with a reddish-brown spot at the base. 



Hymen-like Heron's-bill. Fl. year. Clt. 1 789. Sh. 1 foot. 



53 E. ARBORE'SCENS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 638.) stem shrubby, 

 erect; leaves on long footstalks, cordate, somewhat lobed, cre- 

 nated ; stipulas ovate, rather acute ; peduncles many-flowered. 



J? . F. Native of the north of Africa on mountains at Cafsa. 

 Geranium arborescens, Desf. atl. 2. p. HO. At first sight this 

 plant resembles a species of Pelargonium. Flowers unknown. 

 Arborescent Heron's-bill. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



54 E. INCARNA V TUM (Lher. ger. t. 5.) stem suffruticose, 

 scabrous ; leaves scabrous, lower ones cordate, toothed, 3-parted, 

 ternate or 5-lobed, with wedge-shaped, 3-toothed lobes ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Sims, bot. mag. t. 261. Sweet, ger. t. 94. Delaum. 

 herb. amat. t. 11. Geranium incarnatum, Lin. fil. suppl. 308. 

 Cav. diss. 4. p. 223. t. 91. f. 2. Flowers large, very beautiful, 

 with oblong, obtuse, flesh-coloured petals, yellowish at their 

 baseband painted with a blood-coloured circle. 



Flesh-coloured-fiovtered. Heron's-bill. Fl. May, July. Clt. 

 1787. Shrub | foot. 



55 E. HE:LIOTROPIO}DES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 638.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, hispid ; leaves roundish-ovate, crenated, villous ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered ; awns of carpels very long, feathery. 17 . G. 

 Native of? Geranium heliotropioides, Cav. diss. 4. p. 220. t. 

 113. f. 2. Stem hardly an inch in height. Leaves clothed 

 with dense white villi. Peduncles usually 4-flowered. Flowers ? 



Turnsole-like Heron's-bill. Shrub -| foot. 



Cult. Most of the perennial species of Erbdium are rather 

 ornamental, and they will thrive well in any kind of soil. The 

 frame kinds will grow well in a mixture of loam and peat or 

 decayed leaves ; these are easily increased by dividing the plants 

 at the root or by seeds, which ripen in abundance. The green- 

 house species are mostly sub-shrubby ; they will thrive well in 

 sandy loam and leaf mould, and young cuttings, planted in 

 pots filled with the same kind of soil, will strike root ; they are 

 also easily increased by dividing the plants at the root or by 

 seed. The annual kinds, several of which are rather handsome, 

 only require to be sown in the open border in spring, in any 



kind of soil. 



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VI. PELARGONIUM (from TreXapyoc, pelargos, a stork ; 

 resemblance in the carpels being like the head and beak of a 

 stork). Lher. ger. icon, ettext. ined. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 417. 

 Pelargonieae, Sweet, ger. 1. p. 8. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Tetra-Heptdndria. Calyx 5- 

 parted ; upper segments ending in a spur, or slender nectarifer- 

 ous tube, running down the peduncle, and adnate to it. Petals 

 5, rarely 4, more or less irregular. Filaments 10, 4 or 7 of 

 which are fertile, the rest sterile. Beaks or styles bearded 

 inside, and spirally twisted at maturity. All the proper species 

 of this genus are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, except 

 a very few. This vast and favorite genus, the greater part being 

 of the easiest cultivation, and many of them bearing the confined 

 air of a sitting room better than most plants, have therefore 

 become objects of cultivation and attention, of which, in most 

 cases, they are deserving for their neatness and beauty. The 

 popular taste for Pelargoniums, or for Geraniums as they are 

 commonly called, has been much aided by several splendid pub- 

 lications, both at home and abroad, and more especially by the 

 Geraniacese of Mr. Sweet, in which he has figured both hybrids 

 and species ; but these hybrids, for the most part, vanish even 

 before the eyes of those who have witnessed their origin, we 

 shall therefore only describe the species, and give the names 

 and references to the hybrids, for the convenience of those 

 who wish to be farther acquainted witli these productions ; for 

 to admit descriptions of them into this work could lead to no 

 end, except that of swelling its bulk, which would be very con- 

 siderable. In the arrangement here adopted, the names of all 

 those kinds which are avowedly artificial are placed at the end 

 of their proper sections. 



SECT. I. HOA'REA (named in compliment to Sir Richard 

 Hoare). Sweet, ger. no. 18 and 72. Petals 5, rarely 4, 

 lanceolate or linear, 2 upper ones parallel, with long claws, 

 abruptly reflexed in the middle. Stamens 10, in a long tube, 

 length of lower sepals, 4-5 of which bear anthers, the rest ste- 

 rile, straight, or incurved at the top, shorter than the fertile 

 ones. Stemless herbs, with tuberous, turnip-like roots, and 

 radical stalked leaves. 



* Leaves oblong, entire, or lobed, with the lobes entire or 

 hardly toothed. 



1 P. LONGIFOLIUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 518.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, acute, smooth, older ones pinnatifid, with 

 linear lobes ; umbels compound ; flowers tetrandrous ; petals 

 obtuse, lanceolate, upper ones ovate. It. G. G. acaule, Burm. 

 ger. 67. t. 2. Cav. diss. 4. t. 102. f. 1. Petals rose-coloured. 



Long-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1812. PI. | ft. 



2 P. LONGIFLORUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 521.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, acute, smooth ; umbels compound, 4- 

 flowered ; flowers tetrandrous ; petals linear. If. . G. Petals 

 cream-coloured, upper ones lined with red. 



Var. ft, depressum (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 520.) umbels 8- 

 flowered ; pedicels at length somewhat reflexed ; filaments 9. 



