GERANIACE^E. VI. PELARGONIUM. 



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* * Bicolora. Stem suffruticose. Leaves lobed, hairy. 

 Petals marked with a broad purple spol in the middle. 



176 P. BICOLOR (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 425.) stem suffruticose; 

 leaves cordate, trifid, waved, hairy, obtuse, toothed ; lateral 

 segments 3-lobed, middle ones 5-lobed ; stipulas kidney-shaped, 

 entire ; umbels crowded, many-flowered ; calyx reflexed. Jj . 

 G. Sims, bot. mag. 201. Sweet, ger. 97. Ger. bicolor, Jacq. 

 hort. vind. 3. t. 39. Cav. diss. 4. t. 111. f. 1. Petals cuneate- 

 oblong, distinct, sometimes pale, sometimes dark-purple. Sweet, 

 ger. 1. c. f. 2. with white margins. 



Tno-coloured- flowered Stork's-bill. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 -1778. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



177 P. ELE'CTUM (Sweet, ger. 238.) stem much branched; 

 branches slender, flexuous ; leaves cordate, profoundly 3-lobed, 

 smooth, serrately toothed; lobes cuneated, divaricate, spread- 

 ing ; intermediate one 3-lobed ; stipulas cordate, acute ; pedun- 

 cles usually 3-flowered ; nectariferous tube very rough, twice 

 the length of the calyx. Tj . G. Ger. grandiflorum, var. par- 

 vifoliatum, Andr. ger. icon. Petals white, with 2 red spots at 

 the apex of each, and with 2 branched lines at the base. 



Elect Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. ? Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



178 P. IMBRICA V TUM (Sweet, ger. t. 65.) stem suffruticose ; 

 leaves cordate, waved, hairy, subtrifid ; lobes obtuse, toothed, 

 lateral ones bifid, terminal one lobed ; stipulas kidney-shaped, 

 toothed ; umbels crowded, many-flowered. J? . G. Petals 

 obovate, imbricate, of the same colour as P. bicolor. Perhaps a 

 hybrid. 



/?n&n'ca*e-petalled Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



* Cortusina (from the shape of the leaves being 

 like those of Cortusa). Stem svjffruticose, fleshy. Leaves ob- 

 long, or usually cordate, rather cut. Stijmlas lanceolate, spread- 

 ing, acute. Roots tuber ously fasciculate. Stamens 7-G, rarely 5. 



179 P. PA'LLENS (Sweet, ger. t. 148.) stem suffruticose, 

 fleshy, decumbent ; floriferous branches erect ; leaves 3-parted, 

 pilose, lateral segments smallest, lobately toothed, terminal one 

 elongated, deeply toothed ; umbels 4-5-flowered ; petals spread- 

 ing, lower ones oblong, upper ones somewhat spatulate ; nectari- 

 ferous tube very long. fj *. Ger. pallens, Andr. ger. icon. 

 Petal from white to a cream-colour. 



Pale Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub 2 ft. 



180 P. PULCHE'LLUM (Curt. bot. mag. t. 524. but not of 

 Willd. ) stem sufFruticose, rather pilose ; scape divided ; leaves 

 oblong, lobately-pinnatifid ; umbels many-flowered ; necta- 

 riferous tube slender, 3-times longer than the calyx. Tj . G. 

 Sweet, ger. t. 31. Petals obovate, white, 2 upper ones with a 

 small roundish spot in the middle, 3 lower ones lined with re:l. 



Neat Stork's-bill. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1795. Shrub 2 ft. 



181 P. PI'CTUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 227.) nearly stemless; 

 leaves cordate, oblong, rather runcinate, toothed, tomentose ; 

 scape branched ; umbels many-flowered ; involucre leafy. Tj . 

 G. Ger. pictum, Andr. bot. rep. 168. Petals white, with a 

 long red spot in the centre of each. 



Painted-flowered Stork's-bill. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



182 P. ECHINA V TUM (Curt. bot. mag. t. 309.) stem thick, 

 fleshy ; leaves ovate, cordate, rather lobed, crenated, villous 

 beneath ; stipulas permanent, spiny ; umbels many-flowered ; 

 nectariferous tube slender, twice the length of the calyx. Tj . G. 

 Sweet, ger. 154. P. hamatum, Jacq. schoenbr. 2. t. 138. 

 Petals oblong, somewhat cuneated, white ; 2 superior ones 

 with a red patch in the centre. Anthers 6. 



Echinated- stemmed Stork's-bill. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



183 P. ARMA'TUM (Sweet, ger. 3. t. 214.) umbels many- 

 VOL. i. PART vm 



flowered, panicled ; leaves cordate, 5-7-lobed, crenated, smooth 

 above and shining, tomentose and many-nerved beneath ; sti- 

 pulas awl-shaped, permanent, spinescent, straight; stem straight, 

 thick, and fleshy. Tj . G. Petals of a bright purple-colour, 

 with a darker spot in the centre of each, upper ones obcordate, 

 lower ones oblong and narrower. 



4rmed-stemmed Stork's-bill. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



184 P. CRASSICAU'LE (Lher. ger. t. 26.) stem fleshy, branched, 

 smooth ; leaves kidney-shaped, rather acuminate, toothed, silky 

 on both surfaces ; umbels many-flowered : bracteas 4-times 

 shorter than the pedicels ; petals hardly emarginate. Tj . G. 

 Anthers 5. Petals white (Sweet, ger. 2. t. 192. f. a.) or the 2 

 superior ones are spotted with red (Sweet, ger. 2. t. 192. f. 6.) 



Thick-stemmed Stork's-bill. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1786. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



185 P. PRIMU'LINUM (Sweet, ger. no. 14. in a note) stem 

 fleshy, branched, smooth ; leaves kidney-shaped, rather acumi- 

 nated, toothed, silky on both surfaces ; umbels many-flowered ; 

 bracteas one-half shorter than the pedicels ; petals obcordate. 

 Tj . G. P. crassicaule, Curt. bot. mag. t. 477. Anthers 7. 

 Petals white, each with a blood-coloured spot in the middle. 

 Flowers smelling like the primrose. 



Primrose-scented Stork's-bill. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 2 ft. 



186 P. coRTUSiEFOLiUM (Lher. ger. t. 25.) stem thick, fleshy ; 

 leaves cordate, deeply lobed, waved, obtusely-toothed, pubes- 

 cent ; umbels many-flowered ; nectariferous tube 4-times longer 

 than the calyx. lj . G. Sweet, ger. t. 14. G. cortusaefolium, 

 Andr. bot. rep. 121. Petals obovate, rather obcordate, from 

 white to reddish ; 2 superior ones lined at the base, 3 lower 

 ones rather spotted in the middle. 



Cortusa- leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1786. Sh. 2 ft. 



187 P. RENIFORME (Curt. bot. mag. t. 493.) stem shrubby, 

 flexuous, rather fleshy ; leaves kidney-shaped, crenate-toothed, 

 tomentose ; umbels 3-6-flowered ; stipulas permanent, dilated 

 at the base ; nectariferous tube nearly sessile, 3-times longer 

 than the calyx. Tj . G. Sweet, ger. t. 48. Ger. reniforme, 

 Andr. bot. rep. 108. Petals purple, rather spotted in the centre, 

 obovate, retuse. 



Kidney-shaped-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. Jan. Dec. Clt. 1791. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



* * Pinguifblia (from pinguis, fat, and folium, 

 a leaf ; leaves fleshy;) stem shrubby, fleshy, rather climbing ; 

 leaves peltate or cordate, 5-lobed, fleshy. Nectariferous tube 

 length of pedicel. Stipulas broad-ovate. 



188 P. PINGUIFOLIUM (Sweet, ger. t. 52.) stem shrubby; 

 branches fleshy, diffuse, rather angular ; leaves kidney-shaped, 

 cordate, 5-lobed, rather crenate, fleshy, puberulous ; lobes 

 obtuse, mutic ; umbels many-flowered, t? . G. Ger. hederi- 

 num flore albo, Andr. ger. icon. Petals obovate-oblong, pale 

 rose-coloured, 2 superior ones spotted with purple. Perhaps a 

 hybrid from P. pellalum and P. lateripes. 



Fat-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1 Sh. straggling. 



189 P. LATE'RIPES (Lher. ger. t. 24.) stem shrubby ; branches 

 fleshy, terete ; leaves cordate, 5-lobed, rather toothed, fleshy, 

 smooth ; umbels many-flowered. Tj . w . G. Petals pale-pur- 

 ple, 2 upper ones marked with deeper lines oblongly-ovate. 



Var. a, viridifblium (Sweet, hort. brit. 83.) leaves green. 

 Andr. ger. icon. 



Var. ft, zonatum (Sweet, 1. c.) leaves zonate. 



Var. y, roseum (Sweet, 1. c.) flowers rose-coloured. 



Var. S, albomarginatum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 666.) leaves rather 

 curled, edged with white. 



Var. t, Walneri (D. C. prod. 1. p. 666.) leaves bluntly lobed; 

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