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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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hot-bed, shaded, and gradually hardened to the open air, 

 into which they may be removed in June : when the plants 

 have filled the pots with their roots, shake them out, preserv- 

 ing a ball of earth to the roots, and put them into pots' a 

 size larger : in these they will flower and ripen seeds, soon 

 after which they will decay. 



15. Pelargonium Myrrhifolium ; Myrrh-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Peduncles subtriflorous ; corollas subtetrapetalous ; 

 leaves bipinnatifid, the lower ones cordate-lobed. Stem some- 

 what strigose ; root knobbed, tuberous, from which come 

 out several pretty large leaves. The peduncles rise imme- 

 diately from the root, and sometimes have one or two small 

 leaves towards the bottom, where they often divide into two 

 naked peduncles, each terminated by a bunch of pale-red- 

 dish flowers, which smell sweet at night. It flowers from May 

 to August, and is somewhat shrubby. Native of the Cape. 



**** Shrubby, with a fleshy thick Stem. 



16. Pelargonium Tenuifolium; Fine-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered ; leaves decompoundedly pinnate, 

 multifid, linear, hirsute; stem fleshy; flowering branches 

 slender. Native of the Cape. 



17. Pelargonium Carnosum ; Fleshy-stalked Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered ; leaves pinnatifid, laciniate ; petals 

 linear; joints fleshy, gibbous. This has a thick fleshy 

 knotty stalk, rising about two feet high, sending out a few 

 slender fleshy branches, at the ends of which the flowers are 

 produced in small clusters ; the petals are narrow and white, 

 making no great appearance ; they continue in succession a 

 great part of the summer. This, with the nineteenth, twen- 

 tieth, and thirty-fourth species, has more succulent stalks 

 than the others ; hence their cuttings should be planted in 

 pots filled with light kitchen-garden earth, and plunged into 

 a very moderate hot-bed, where they should be shaded from 

 the sun in the heat of the day, and have but little water, for 

 they are very apt to rot with much moisture. When wel 

 rooted, they may be separated, and planted in pots filled with 

 the same sort of earth, placed in the shade till they have 

 taken new root; then they may be removed into a sheltered 

 situation, where they may remain till autumn. These four 

 sorts should be sparingly watered, but especially in the win- 

 ter, or when the air is damp, as they are liable to contracl 

 a mouldiness from the moisture, or in damp air: they wil 

 thrive much better in an airy glass-case than in a green- 

 house, because in the former they will have more sun and air 

 than in the latter. 



18. Pelargonium Ceratophyllum ; Horn-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Umbels many-flowered ; leaves remotely pinnate, fleshy 

 round; segments channelled, obsoletely trifid. It flowers 

 in May, and continues flowering during most of the summer 

 months. The seeds ripen here. Native of the south-wes 

 coast of Africa. It may be increased both by seeds anc 

 cuttings, but is found to be more tender than many other 

 sorts, and more liable to be injured by damps. 



19. Pelargonium Crithmifolium ; Samphire-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Umbels many-flowered, panicled ; leaves bipinnate 

 fleshy, dilated and jagged at the tips; petals obtuse, the 

 upper ones crisped at the base. Root perennial ; stem a 

 foot or two in height, nearly erect, simple, swelled, round 

 glaucous, smooth, leafy, flowering at the top ; flowers very 

 numerous, inodorous, rather elegant than splendid ; petals 

 all of an equal length, white ; the two upper ones crisped on 

 each side at their base, and spotted with purple. Native o 

 the Cape. See the first and seventeenth species. 



20. Pelargonium Gibbosum ; Gouty Crane's Bill. Umbels 

 many-flowered ; leaves pinnate, pinnatifid, confluent at the 

 tin ; joints fleshy, gibbose. Stalk round, fleshy, with swelling 



tnots at the joints, rising about three feet high, and sending 

 >ut several irregular smooth branches ; flowers four or five 

 m a peduncle; petals dark purple, broader than in the 

 eventeenth species, and having a very agreeable scent in 

 he evening. It flowers most part of the summer. Native 

 of the Cape. See the seventeenth species. 



21. Pelargonium Fulgidum; Celandine-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Jmbel twin ; leaves three-parted, pinnatifid-gashed ; middle 

 segment very large. This has a fleshy stalk, which seldom 

 rises a foot high, and puts out a very few branches ; pedun- 

 cles short, having at the top two or three flowers with unequal 

 jetals, of a deep scarlet colour. It flowers during most part 

 of the summer. Native of the Cape. 



22. Pelargonium Quercifolium ; Great Oak-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Umbels submultiflorous ; leaves cordate, pinnatifid, 

 crenate ; sinuses rounded ; filamenta ascending at the tip. 

 Stem shrubby, twisted, branched, more than four feet high. 

 There are two varieties, larger and smaller. It flowers from 

 March to August. Native of the Cape. 



23. Pelargonium Radula; Multifid-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels few-flowered; leaves pinnatifid, laciniate, rugged, 

 revolute ; segments linear. Stem shrubby, covered with an 

 ash-coloured bark, branched, two feet high ; corolla papilio- 

 naceous, rose-coloured, with red lines ; the claws white ; the 

 two upper petals reflex and wider. The whole plant has a 

 strong smell of turpentine. It takes the name Radula, from 

 the rough rasp-like surface of its leaves. There are two 

 varieties, a larger and a smaller ; indeed, as it is readily 

 raised from seeds, it affords many seminal varieties. It may 

 also be increased by cuttings. Native of the Cape. 



24. Pelargonium Graveolens ; Strong-scented Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered, subcapitate ; leaves palmate, seven- 

 lobed ; segments oblong, blunt, revolute at the edge. Stem 

 arborescent, a fathom in height, branched, the tender branches 

 pubescent; corolla papilionaceous, pale purple, with deeper 

 lines on the upper petals, which are wider and reflex. This 

 plant has a strong smell, which varies, and resembles tur- 

 pentine, lemon, or roses. It flowers from March to July. 

 Native of the Cape. 



25. Pelargonium Papilionaceum ; Butterfly Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered ; leaves roundish, cordate, angular , 

 corollas papilionaceous ; wings and keel minute. This rise* 

 with an upright shrubby stalk seven or eight feet high, send- 

 ing out several side-branches, with large, angular, rough 

 leaves, on short footstalks. The flowers are produced in 

 large panicles at the end of the branches ; the two upper 

 petals, which are pretty large, turn upwards, and are finely 

 variegated ; but the three under ones are very small, and 

 being bent back are screened from the sight, unless the flower 

 be viewed near. It flowers from April to July. Native of 

 the Cape. 



26. Pelargonium Inquinans; Scarlet-flowered Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered ; leaves orbiculate-reniform, scarcely 

 divided, crenate, tomentose, and clammy. This rises with 

 a soft shrubby stem to the height of eight or ten feet, sending 

 out several branches, which are generally erect ; flowers in 

 loose bunches, on long, stiff", axillary peduncles ; corolla 

 bright scarlet. The flowers make a fine appearance, and 

 there is a succession of them during all the summer months. 

 The leaves, when bruised, stain the fingers of a ferruginous 

 colour ; hence Linneus's trivial name. There are several 

 varieties, differing in the colour and splendour of their flow- 

 ers. Native of the Cape. This species was, according to 

 Martyn, first brought into England about the year 1718 : it 

 soon became common, and is justly admired for the vivid 

 scarlet of its copious flowers. 



