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GERANIUM 



UERARDIA 



AA. Fls. bhie or violet. 



8. IbSricum, Cav. Iberian Crane's-bill. From 

 1-lK ft. high : stem erect and leafless below, above di- 

 chotomonsly branched, Tillous : Ivs. opposite, 5-7-parted, 

 with deeply cut lobes and toothed lobules : fls. 1 in. 

 across, in showy, open panicles, violet. July, Aug. 

 Iberia. B.M. 1386. 



Var. platyp^talum {G.platypUalum, Fisch. andMey.). 

 Slightly shiirtiT than the parent, with Ivs. less deeply 

 lobed and lohes It.'ss pointed : fls. deeper and richer in 

 color, and also larger. 



9. praUnse, Linn. Meadow Crane's-bill. About 

 2^ ft. high, with an upright round stem : Ivs. mostly 

 hand-shaped, with 7 lobes, each deeply cut : peduncles 

 mostly 2-fld., drooping after flowering : fls. large, blue; 

 petals entire. June, through Aug. Eu. — Var. florepldno. 

 Not as tall as parent. Very numerous deep blue fls. in 

 clusters. June and July, and often again in fall. 



901. Geranium maculatum (X K). 



AAA. Fls. dark blue, almost black. 



10. pheeum, Linn. About 2 ft. high, with upright, 

 5hort-haired stem, glandular above ; Ivs. 5-7-lobed and 

 deeply toothed ; peduncles 1-2-fld. : petals spreading, 

 obovate, unequally notched and often with a small spur, 

 very dark blue, almost black, with white spot at base of 

 each petal. May, June. Cent, and western Eu. — A good 

 border plant. 



AAAA. Fls. purple in various shades. 



11. colUnum, Steph. {G. Londesii, Fisch.). Height 

 2-3 ft.; stem angular and slightly decumbent: Iva. pal- 

 mately 5-parted. deeply divided and cut: petals entire, 

 purple, with a tinge of violet. June, July. Eastern Eu. 



— One of the showiest in its season. Should be cut 

 back before seeding, to induce second bloom. 



12. Frfimontii, Torr. About 1 ft. high, sometimes sub- 

 acaulescent : upper Ivs. 3-5-cleft, lower ones 7-cleft, 

 with 3-fid or incised lobes: fls. light purple. Rocky 

 Mts. Recently introduced. Blooms all summer. 



13. incisum, Nutt. {G. eridnthum, Lind.). About 1 ft. 

 high, leafy branched: Ivs. finely cut: pedicels conspicu- 

 ously glandular-pubescent: petals with stiff white hairs, 

 inner surface purple, about 1 in. wide. Ore.— A hardy 

 species well worth growing. Not perfectly hardy near 

 Boston. 



U. macul&tum, Linn. Wild or Spotted Crane's- 

 bill. Fig. 901. The common American species, about 

 \y^-tt. high: stem angular: basal Ivs. long-petioled, 

 deeply 3-5-parted; stem-leaves opposite, shorter peti- 

 oled: peduncles 1-5, inflorescence often unbellate: fls. 

 1-1 K in. broad, rose-purple ; petals woolly at base. 

 June, July. N. Amer. G.W.P. 3. B.B. 2:.341. -Showy 

 native species ; should be more in cultivation. Grows 

 best in somewhat wet places. Var. planum, a double- 

 flowerrd varifty of deeper color. 



15. Richardsoni, Fisch. & Trautv. Abjut IK ft. high: 

 Ivs. thin and terminal, lobe of the uppermost Ivs. longer 

 than the often greatly reduced lateral lobes : pedicels 

 cojispicuously glandular pubescent: fls. large, reddish 

 purple; petals with long white hairs on inner surface. 

 Colo, and west. — Stems and young growth tinged with 

 red. 



16. Wallicliiinum, D. Don. Of prostrate trailing 

 habit : stem and Ivs. covered with silky hairs : Ivs. 

 light green, 5-parted, with deeply toothed lobes : fls. 

 large, purple, borne sparingly all summer. Himalayas. 

 B.M- 2377. -For the rockery. 



AAAAA. Fls. white. 



17. Ib^ricum, var. album. A white-fld. var. of No. 8. 



18. maoul&tum, var. album. A white-fld. var. of No. 14. 



19. prattose, var. album. A white-fld. var. of No. 9. 



20. Richardsoni. This species (No. 15) in its native 

 habitat is usually white, mostly roseate-veined. 



21. Sibiricum, Linn. Siberian Crane's-bill. A 

 slender, somewhat forked plant, villous, 1-2 ft. high: 

 Ivs.' deeply 3-5-parted : peduncles slender, usually 1-fld. ; 

 fls. very small, dingy white. June through Aug. Si- 

 beria, and naturalized near New York. B.B. 2:341.— 

 Another form under same name, with brick-red fls., 

 said to be in cultivation. 



G. Balk-dnum, Hort. A hardy plant, with fragrant foliage: 

 fls. on radical stems. 1 in. across, dark magenta. June.— 6. syt- 

 vdticttni, Liim. About 2 ft. high, with a soft-haired, upright, 

 round stem: Ivs. 5-7-part.ed, lobes oblong, deeply toothed: fls. 

 purple or violet. June, July. The common wood Geranium of 

 Europe.— 6. tuberdsum, Linn. Tuberous-rooted, 9-15 in. liigh. 

 with stem at base naked: Ivs. many-lobed, linear and serrate: 

 pedicels 1-2-fld.: fts. large, violet. May. S. Eu. 



G. N. Lauman. 



GERABDIA (after John Gerarde, 1545-1607, per- 

 haps the most popular of the herbalists). Scrophularid- 

 cece. Hardy annual and perennial herbs, all American, 

 and mostly of the Atlantic states, with yellow or rosy 

 purple fls., in late summer and autumn, the latter color 

 rarely varying to white: Ivs. mainly opposite: calyx 5- 

 tootbed or cleft; corolla bell- to funnel-shaped, broad 

 throated, 5-parted, the 2 posterior lobes often smaller 

 and more united ; stamens commonly more or less hairy ;' 

 anthers more or less approximate in pairs: capsule glo- 

 bose, 2-grooved : seeds usually angled, loose coated. 

 The first 3 species descriljed below belong to a section 

 in which the roots are more or less parasitic. These 

 plants are therefore rather difflcult to cultivate, and are 

 offered only by collectors. G. tenuifolia is offered by 

 one dealer, the seeds presumably gathered in European 

 gardens. 



A. Fls. yellow. 



B. Corolla pubescent outside : biennial or annual. 



Fediculiria, Linn. Pubescence partly glandular and 

 viscid, especially on the pedicels and calyx, while in the 

 next 2 species there is no glandular pubescence. Lts. 

 1-2 in. long, all pinnatifld. N. Am. 



