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GERANIACE.E. VI. PELARGONIUM. 



217 P. STAPHYSAGROJDES (Sweet, ger. new series, t. 98.) stems 

 erect, shrubby, rather branched ; the whole plant villously 

 pilose ; leaves cordate, very soft, deeply 3-5-lobed, acute ; lobes 

 divaricate, unequally and sinuately-toothed ; upper ones 3-lobed, 

 with the lobes nearly entire ; umbels many-flowered ; petals cut 

 at the apex ; style pilose. Tj . G. Upper petals purple, with a 

 darker patch near the apex, lower ones darkish-lilac. 



Staves acre-like Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



218 P. CORDA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 427.) leaves cordate, 

 acute, toothed, flat, hoary-pubescent beneath ; branches and 

 peduncles rather pilose ; umbels many-flowered, panicled ; lower 

 petals awl-shaped, linear, acute, longer than the calyx ; nectari- 

 ferous tube a little shorter than the calyx. Tj . G. Ger. cordi- 

 folium, Cav. diss. 4. t. 117. f. 3. P. cordatum, Lher. ger. t. 

 2,2. P. cordifolium, Curt. bot. mag. t. 165. Two lower petals 

 pale-purple, with deeper branched lines, red at the claws, 3 up- 

 per ones whitish. 



CWate-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



5. Purpurascentia. Leaves cordate or cuneated, toothed, 

 undivided or lobed ; lobes obtuse, never divided so far as the 

 middle. Flowers purplish ; loner petals oblong or obovate. 



219 P. CUCULLA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 426.) leaves kid- 

 ney-shaped, cucullate, toothed, pubescent ; branches and pedun- 

 cles rather hispid ; umbels 5-flowered ; lower petals oblong ; 

 nectariferous tube shorter than the calyx. >j . G. Seb. mus. 

 1. t. 26. f. 2. Ger. cueullatum, Lin. spec. 946. Cav. diss. 4. 

 p. 241. t. 106. f. 1. Flowers purplish-red, with darker veins. 



Var. /3, striatiflbrum (Sweet, hort. brit. 79.) petals striped. 

 This variety is called Prince Regent in the gardens. 



Var. y, major (Sweet, 1. c.) This is a fine variety. It is 

 called Royal George in the gardens. 



Var. S, grandiflbrum (Sweet, 1. c.) A fine large-flowered 

 variety. 



Hooded-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1690. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



220 P. COCHLEA'TUM (Willd. enum. suppl. 48.) leaves orbicu- 

 larly-ovate, rather cordate, concave, somewhat angular, serrated, 

 pubescent ; umbels 5-flowered ; nectariferous tube length of 

 calyx. f; . G. P. concavifolium, Hortul. Flowers purplish. 



Shell-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. April, Nov. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



221 P. CARDIIFOLIUM (Sweet, ger. t. 15.) leaves cuneate, cu- 

 cullate and plaited, somewhat 5-lobed, cartilaginously-toothed, 

 many-nerved, pubescent ; branches puberulous ; umbels many- 

 flowered ; nectariferous tube twice the length of the calyx. Tj . 

 G. Flowers pale-purple. The 2 superior petals are hardly 

 larger than the rest, marked with a dark-purple spot in the 

 middle of each, and rather lined. 



Cockle- leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



222 P. BROADLE V Y.S: (Andr. ger. icon, under Geranium,) pilose ; 

 lower leaves 5-lobed, upper ones 3-lobed ; umbels many- 

 flowered ; nectariferous tube longer than the calyx ; lower petals 

 lanceolately-spatulate. >j . G. Petals purple, upper ones with 

 u dark centre. 



Broadley's Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



223 P. ACERIFOLIUM (Lher. ger. t. 21. but not of Cav.) leaves 

 cuneated at the base and entire, palmately 5-lobed at the apex, 

 toothed, many-nerved, rather villous ; branches and peduncles 

 hairy ; umbels usually 5-flowered ; stipulas cordate, ovate ; nec- 

 tariferous tube a little shorter than the calyx. ^ . G. Ger. 

 citriodorum, Cav. icon. 1. p. 6. t. 8. Flowers pale-purplish. 



Maple-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1784. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



224 P. MACULA'TUM (Andr. ger. icon, under Geranium,) leaves 

 cuneated at the base, obsoletely 5-lobed, unequally-toothed, 

 hairy ; umbels several-flowered ; nectariferous tube about the 

 length of the calyx ; petals nearly equal. Jj . G. Petals blush, 



2 upper ones with a dark-purple centre. 



Spotted-peta\led Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



225 P. ANGULOSUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 426.) leaves trun- 

 cate at the base, rather cucullate, roundish, obtusely 5-lobed, 

 toothed, pubescent; stipulas cordate, ovate, acuminated; branches 

 and peduncles hispid ; umbels numerous, 4-6-flowered ; nectari- 

 ferous tube one-half shorter than the calyx. Tj . G. Ger. 

 acerifolium, Cav. diss. 4. t. 112. f. 2. but not of Lher. Dill, 

 hort. elth. t. 129. f. 156. Flowers pale-purplish. 



Angular-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1724. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



226 P. RUGOSUM (Andr. ger. icon, under Geranium,') leaves 

 cordate, 5-7-lobed, plicately-wrinkled, very hairy, of a brownish- 

 colour, unequally-toothed ; umbels 4-flowered ; nectariferous 

 tube shorter than the calyx ; upper petals emarginate, lower ones 

 ovate. Tj . G. Petals dirty-red, upper ones with 3 branched 

 lines, and a spot at the end of these branched lines ; lower petals 

 with 3 simple lines. 



Wrinkled-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



227 P. ERUBE'SCENS (Spin. cat. 1809. p. 27.) leaves on long 

 footstalks, rather villous, lobed, denticulated, rounded at the 

 base, with the margins and nerves red ; branches villous ; um- 

 bels 4-5-flowered. Tj . G. Flowers like those of P. aceri- 

 folium. Perhaps a hybrid. 



Reddish-leaved Stork's-bill. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



228 P. BARRINGTO'NH (Willd. enum. 706.) leaves kidney- 

 shaped, obtuse, cucullate, denticulated, pilose on both surfaces ; 

 umbels many-flowered. (j . G. P. Tormanni, Dietr. beschr. 

 gaertn. 3. Aug. 235. Flowers of a deep violet-colour. 



Harrington's Stork's-bill. Fl. April, Oct. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



229 P. RI'GIDUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 681.) leaves roundish, 

 truncate at the base, 3-lobed, obtuse, flat, rather scabrous, with 

 curled denticulated margins ; umbels many-flowered. Tj . G. 

 Shrub stiff". Petals whitish, oblong, 2 superior ones coloured 

 with 2 violet lines at the base. 



Stiff-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



230 P. DECO'RUM (Sweet, ger. new series, t. 15.). leaves sub- 

 cordate, rather trifid, stiff", sharply-serrated, glandularly-pilose 

 both beneath and on the margins, reflexed at the apex, with 

 acutely-lobed segments ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 subcordate ; umbels 2-3-flovvered ; petals obcordate ; nectari- 

 ferous tube about equal in length to the calyx. V% . G. Petals 

 pale-lilac, with a bright dark-purple patch in the centre, below 

 which are some lines. 



Shervy Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1825. Shrub 1 to 



3 feet. 



231 P. SEMITRI'LOBUM (Jacq. schoenbr. t. 130.) leaves trun- 

 cate at the base, and somewhat cuneated, trifid, flat, hairy ; lobes 

 divaricate, serrated at the apex ; peduncles usually 2-flowered ; 

 lower petals linear. Tj . G. Petals pale flesh-coloured, 2 su- 

 perior ones striped with blood-colour at the base. 



Half-three-lobed-lezved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 

 1800. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. . 



232 P. VITIFOLIUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 425.) leaves cordate, 

 3-lobed, rather scabrous, obtuse, toothed ; stipulas broad-cor- 

 date ; stem erect ; umbels many-flowered ; nectariferous tube 3 

 times shorter than the calyx. Jj . G. Ger. vitifolium, Lin. 

 spec. 947. Cav. diss. 4. t. 111. f. 2. Petals rose-coloured, 2 

 superior ones striped with dark-purple. 



