GERANIACE^E. VI. PELARGONIUM. 



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smoothish ; peduncles elongated, 2-4-flowered. I/ . G. Ger. 

 tabulare, Lin. spec. 947. but not of Burm. Ger. elongatum, 

 Cav. diss. 4. p. 233. t. 101. f. 3. Petals white, a little longer 

 than the calyx. Leaves zonate. 



Tabular Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1775. PI. diffuse. 



144 P. PA'RVULUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 660.) herbaceous, 

 many-stemmed, erect ; leaves pubescent, villous, cordate, 3- 

 parted ; lobes cut ; peduncles usually 3-flowered ; segments of 

 calyx acute, pubescent. O? H. P. nanum, Lher. ger. no. 41. 

 but not of Sweet. Flowers small. Plant with the habit of 

 Erodium maritimum. 



Small Stork's-bill. PL foot. 



145 P. SENECIOIDES (Lher. ger. t. 11.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect ; leaves bipinnatifidly jagged, smooth ; peduncles generally 

 3-flowered; involucre and calyxes obtuse. Q. H. Flowers 

 white, 2 superior petals spotted at the base. 



Senecio-like Stork's-bill. Fl.June, Jul. Clt. 1775. PL ^ ft. 



146 P. ALCHIMILLOIDES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 656.) stem diffuse, 

 villous ; leaves cordate, palmately 5-lobed, villous ; peduncles 

 few-flowered ; stigmas sessile. % . G. Ger. alchimilloides, Lin. 

 vir. 345. Cav. diss. 4. t. 98. f. 1. 



Akhimilla-like Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1693. PL 

 diffuse. 



* Athamanthoidea (plants with the habit of Athamantha). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 660. Stem suffruticose. Leaves pinnate or 

 ternale ; leaflets multifid, 



147 P. MI'NIMUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 664.) stem hardly 

 shrubby, erect ; branches smooth ; leaves pinnate ; lower seg- 

 ments pinnatifid, upper ones linear-oblong, entire, and lobed ; 

 umbels many-flowered. Tj ? G. Ger. minimum, Cav. diss. 4. 

 p. 260. t. 121. f. 3. P. capnoides, Lher. ger. ined. no. 46. 



Least Stork's-bill. PI. | foot. 



148 P. ATHAMANTHOIDES (Lher. ger. ined. no. 47.) stem 

 erect, hardly shrubby ; branches rather herbaceous, angular ; 

 leaves clothed with cinereous tomentum, bipinnate, jagged ; 

 lobules linear-awl-shaped, acute ; umbels compound. I/ ? G. 



Athamantha-like Stork's-bill. PI. \ foot. 



149 P. ABROTANIFOLIUM (Jacq. schcenbr. 2. t. 136.) stem 

 suffruticose ; leaves clothed with cinereous tomentum, palmately 

 ternate ; leaflets linear, trifid ; umbels few-flowered ; calyxes 

 rather hispid. Jj G. Ger. abrotanifolium, Lin. fil. suppl. 304. 

 Cav. diss. 4. p. 256. t. 117. f. 1. Corolla purplish. 



Southernwood-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1791. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



150 P. FRUTICOSUM (Willd. spec. 3. p, 689.) stem shrubby; 

 leaves smooth, bipinnately decompound ; lobes linear, acute ; 

 peduncles 2-flowered ; nectariferous tube twice or thrice longer 

 than the calyx. Tj . G. Ger. fruticosum, Cav. diss. 4. p. 163. 

 t. 122. f. 2. Petals oblong-cuneated, pale-violet, 2 superior 

 ones largest. 



Shrubby Stork's-bill. Shrub 1 foot. 



151 P. INCISUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 686.) stem shrubby ; leaves 

 ternate, dark-green ; leaflets distant, 3-parted, and jagged ; 

 umbels 6-7-flowered ; petals linear, flaccid ; upper ones longest. 



Jj . G. Sweet, ger. 93. Ger. incisum, Andr. bot. rep. 67. 

 Petals white, 2 upper ones with a blood-coloured spot in the 

 middle. Nectariferous tube nearly sessile. 



Cuf-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1791. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



152 P. CANE'SCENS (Sweet, ger. no. 93. in a note) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves ternate, canescent ; segments aggregate, tripar- 

 titely-jagged, obtuse ; petals linear, stiff, upper ones shortest ; 

 nectariferous tube pedicellate, 4-times the length of the calyx. 

 J? . G. Ger. incisum, Andr. bot. rep. 67.? Very like the pre- 

 ceding. Petals white, upper ones spotted. 



Canescent Stork's-bill. FL May, Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



153 P. ARTEMISLKFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 661.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves smooth, bipinnately-decompound ; lobes linear, 

 acute; peduncles 1 -2-flowered ; nectariferous tube 5 times 

 longer than the calyx. ^ G. Petals linear, white, 2 superior 

 ones marked with a linear red line. Burch. cat. afr. no. 2710. 

 Very like P. fruticosum. 



Wormwood-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1817. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



154 P. RAMOSI'SSIMUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 688.) stem shrubby, 

 much branched ; leaves pubescent, pinnate ; leaflets distant, 

 deeply-pinnatifid ; umbels few-flowered ; calyxes obtuse. Tj . G. 

 Burm. afr. t. 34. f. 2. Ger. ramosissimum, Cav. diss. 4. p. 260. 

 Petals pale, 2 upper ones reflexed, as in Hoarea. 



Much-branched Stork's-bill. Shrub 2 feet. 



155 P. TENUIFOLIUM (Lher. ger. t. 12.) stem fleshy, naked, 

 erect ; leaves hairy, bipinnately-decompound ; lobes linear, awl- 

 shaped ; umbels many-flowered. 1} . G. Peduncles elongated, 

 slender. Petals obovate-oblong, purple, 2 upper ones of a deeper 

 colour. 



Fine-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1768. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



156 P. HI'RTUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 536. coll. 5. p. 144.) 

 stem fleshy, scaly, decumbent ; leaves hairy, bipinnately-decom- 

 pound ; segments linear, obtuse ; umbels many-flowered, fj . G. 

 Sweet, ger. t. 113. Ger. hirtum, Cav. diss. 4. p. 258. t. 117. 

 f. 2. Petals rose-coloured, 2 upper ones broadest, and spotted 

 with purple. This species differs from P. tenuifolium in the 

 stem being decumbent, and in the lobes of the leaves being 

 shorter. 



Hairy Stork's-bill. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1768. Shrub de- 

 cumbent. 



157 P. CONFU SUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 661.) stem shrubby; 

 leaves glaucous, smooth, decompound ; segments wedge-shaped, 

 deeply-toothed, lower ones divaricate ; involucre many-leaved, 

 and is ciliated, as well as the calyx. Tj . G. P. sanguineum, 

 Willd. enum. suppl. 48. but not of Sweet. 



Confused Stork's-bill. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 



158 P. TRIPARTITUM (Sweet, ger. 115.) stem shrubby ; leaves 

 ternate, fleshy, deeply-toothed, glaucous ; segments nearly ses- 

 sile, wedge-shaped, middle one 3-parted and elongated ; umbels 

 many- flowered ; nectariferous tube length of pedicel, but 3 times 

 longer than the calyx. T? . G. Petals cream-coloured, narrow, 

 the two superior ones marked with an elongated purple spot at 

 the base. 



Var. a. ; umbels 3-flowered. P. tripartitum, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 683. P. trifidum, Jacq. schoenbr. 2. t. 134. 



Far. ft ; umbels 5-6-flowered. P. fragile, Willd. spec. 3. p. 

 686. Ger. fragile, Andr. bot. rep. t. 37. G. tripartitum, Sweet, 

 ger. t. 115. 



Three-parted-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



159 P. SPINOSUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 681.) stem shrubby; 

 leaves wedge-shaped, trifid, toothed ; petioles and stipulas per- 

 manent, spinescent ; umbels compound, few-flowered. Tj . G. 

 Paters, itin. ed. gall. t. 10. Flowers almost like those of the 

 preceding species. 



Spiny Stork's-bill. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



*** Gibbosa. Stem shrubby, fleshy. Leaves ternate or pin- 

 nate. Petals of dirty-yellowish brown. 



160 P. GIBBOSUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 684.) stem shrubby, 

 fleshy, with tumid knots; leaves pinnate, with 1-2 pairs of seg- 

 ments and an odd one, obtuse, cuneated, deeply-toothed, termi- 

 nal one trifid ; umbels many- flowered. >2 . G. Sweet, ger. t. 61. 



