GERANIACE^:. VI. PELARGONIUM. 



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ney-shaped, obsoletely lobed, crenate, younger ones somewhat 

 zonate ; peduncles usually many-flowered ; petals linear ; nec- 

 tariferous tube 4-5-times longer than the calyx, nearly sessile. 

 >2 . G. Ger. zonale minimum, Andr. ger. icone. Very like P. 

 scandens, but the stem is hardly a foot high. Petals pale-scarlet. 

 Dwarf Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1 ft. 



115 P. STENOPE'TALUM (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 161. Willd. spec. 

 3. p. 666.) leaves roundish, obsoletely lobed, crenated, pubes- 

 cent, zonate; peduncles many -flowered ; petals linear, narrower 

 than the calycine lobes. Tj . G. Petals deep-scarlet. P. ribi- 

 folium, Dum. Cours. bot. cult. ed. 2. no. 58. 



Narrow-petalled Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



116 P. LEPTOPE'TALUM (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 84.) leaves cor- 

 date, obsoletely 5-Iobed, slightly crenated, fleshy ; umbels many- 

 flowered ; petals linear, about half as long again as the calyx ; 

 nectariferous tube 4-times longer than the calyx. Tj . G. Ger. 

 stenopetalum, Andr. ger. with a figure. Petals scarlet. 



Slender-petalled Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



117 P. HY'BRIDUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 424.) leaves round- 

 ish, obsoletely lobed, crenated, smooth, spotless ; peduncles 

 many-flowered ; petals linear-wedge-shaped, broader than the 

 segments of the calyx. Tj . G. Ger. hybridum, Lin. mant. 97. 

 Cav. diss. 4, t. 105. f. 2. P. coccineum, Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 162. 

 Ger. miniatum, Andr. ger. with a figure. Ciconium hybridum, 

 Sweet, ger. 1. t. 63. This is a proper species, not a hybrid. 

 Petals scarlet. 



Var. /3, rbseum (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 161.) leaves cordately- 

 kidney-shaped ; petals rose-coloured. 



Hybrid Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1732. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



118 P. ZONALE (Willd. spec. 3. p. 667.) leaves cordate, orbi- 

 cular, obsoletely lobed, toothed, zonate above ; peduncles many- 

 flowered ; petals wedge-shaped, t? . G. G. zonale, Lin. spec. 

 947. Cav. diss. 4. t. 98. f. 2. Flowers variable in colour, red, 

 scarlet, rose, pale, and white. 



Var. ft, marginatum (Cav. diss. 4. p. 230.) leaves curled and 

 wrinkled, not zonate, but white around the edge ; branches stiff, 

 erect. Flowers scarlet. 



Horse-shoe Stork's-bill. Fl. April, Dec. Clt. 1710. Shrub 



3 to 6 feet. 



119 P. INQUINANS (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 424.) leaves orbi- 

 cular, kidney-shaped, tomentosely viscid ; peduncles many- flow- 

 ered ; petals obovate-wedge-shaped. Jj . G. Ger. inquinans, 

 Lin. spec. 945. Cav. diss. 4. t. 106. f. 2. Andr. ger. icon. 

 Dill. hort. elth. t. 125. f. 151. The leaves stain the hands of a 

 brown colour. Flowers bright-crimson or scarlet. 



Staining Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1714. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



120 P. HETERO'GAMUM (Lher. ger. t. 18.) leaves cordate, 

 orbicular, deeply lobed, pubescent on both surfaces ; peduncles 

 many-flowered ; petals oblong-wedge-shaped. J? . G. Ger. 

 quinquelobum, Lam. diet. 2. p. 671. Said to be a hybrid between 

 P. zonale and P. alchimilloides. Flowers rose-coloured or 

 lilac. Stamens 6, fertile. 



Heterogamous Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub 



4 to 6 feet. 



121 P. CE'RINUM (Sweet, ger. t. 176. under Ciconium,) leaves 

 roundish-kidney-shaped, obsoletely crenated, nerved, pubescent, 

 very soft ; stipulas cordate, toothed ; stem erect ; umbels many- 

 flowered ; petals obovate, upper ones smallest ; nectariferous 

 tube twice the length of the calyx. Tj . G. Petals pink, 

 hardly lined at the base. Stamens 10, short, erect, sometimes 

 all fertile. Perhaps a hybrid. 



Wax Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Dec. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



122 P. MONSTRUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 424.) leaves orbicularly 

 kidney -shaped, obsoletely lobed, slightly zonate, complicated, 



curled, pubescent on both surfaces ; peduncles many-flowered ; 

 flowers aggregate; petals linear-cuneated. Ty . G. Ciconium 

 monstrum, Sweet, ger. 13. Flowers deep rose-coloured, of the 

 7 fertile stamens 2 are very short. Perhaps a hybrid.' 



Monstrous Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1784. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



123 P. MICRA'NTHUM (Sweet, ger. 295. under Ciconium,) 

 stem shrubby, fleshy; leaves cordately-kidney-shaped, orbi- 

 cular, sharply 5-lobed, crenated, pubescent ; stipulas cordate, 

 ciliated ; umbels many-flowered ; petals roundish-ovate, some- 

 what emarginate, half as long again as the calyx ; nectariferous 

 tube twice the length of the calyx. Ij . G. Flowers small, 

 bright scarlet. 



Small-flowered Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. ? Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



124 P. BENTINCKIA'NUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 664.) leaves cor- 

 date, orbicular, bluntly 5-7-lobed, crenated, soft, velvety on both 

 surfaces ; umbels many-flowered, velvety ; petals obovate, nearly 

 equal ; nectariferous tube 5-times longer than the calyx. Jj . G. 

 Petals of an intense scarlet colour. Ciconium Bentinckianum, 

 Sweet, hort. brit. 85. Ger. cren&tum, var. mollifoliatum, Andr. 

 ger. icon. 



Bentinck's Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. ? Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



125 P. FOTHERGILLII (Sweet, ger. t. 266. under Ciconium,') 

 stem nearly erect, branched ; leaves kidney-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 crenated, zonate ; stipulas cordate, oblong, acute, ciliated ; pe- 

 duncles very long ; umbels many-flowered ; petals obovate, veiny ; 

 nectariferous tube 3-times longer than the calyx. Tj . G. Petals 

 striped with dark purple. 



Var. a, coccineum (Sweet, 1. c. f. a.) flowers scarlet. 

 Var. fs, purpureum (Sweet, 1. c. f. b.) flowers of a purplish 

 rose-colour. 



Fothergill's Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. ? Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



126 P. CRENA'TUM (Sweet, ger. t. 345. under Ciconium,) leaves 

 broad, kidney-shaped, obsoletely lobed, coarsely crenated, pu- 

 bescent; stipulas large, with wavy reflexed margins; umbels 

 many-flowered ; bracteas numerous, variable ; petals wedge- 

 shaped, upper ones much the smallest ; nectariferous tube short, 

 pedicellate, twice the length of the reflexed calyx. Tj . G. Ger. 

 crenatum, Andr. ger. icon. Petals bright-scarlet. 



Crenate-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



A list of garden Hybrids belonging to the present section Ci- 

 conium. 



1 P. reticulatum (Sweet, ger. t. 143.) Flowers scarlet. 



2 P. tzqualiflorum (Sweet, hort. brit. 84.) Flowers scarlet. 



3 P. oxyphyllum (Sweet, hort. brit. 84.). Ger. miniatum, 

 var. album, Andr. ger. icon. Flowers white. 



4 P. bractebsum (D. C.) Flowers scarlet. 



5 P- glabrifolium (Sweet, ger. 363.) Flowers scarlet. 



SECT. XII. POLYA'CTIUM (from TTO\V, poly, many, and aicrioy, 

 action, a ray ; in allusion to the numerous flowers. D. C. prod. 1 . 

 p. 655.) Segments of calyx nearly equal, revolute. Petals 5, 

 nearly equal, obovate. Stamens 10, 5 of which are antheri- 

 ferous, the 4 lower ones are long and awl-shaped, the superior 

 one broad and spatulate, reflexed at the apex, the fertile ones 

 short and incurved at the apex. Petals all marked with a 

 large dark-brown spot, hardly margined with yellow. 



127 P. MULTIRADIA'TUM (Wendl. coll. with a figure) almost 

 stemless ; lower leaves pinnate, hairy, with pinnatifid segments ; 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, deeply toothed ; upper leaves smoothish, 

 bipinnatifid ; umbels 20-30-flowered ; nectariferous tube 4-times 

 longer than the calyx. "%. G. Root tuberous, Sweet, ger. 145. 

 Petals black. 



Many-rayed Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft. 



