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peduncles, each sustaining four or five, of a purple colour, 

 coming out in succession, during most of the summer months. 

 The seeds frequently ripen here. Native of the Cape. 



42. Pelargonium Lateripes; Ivy-leaved Crane's Bill. Um- 

 bels many-flowered ; leaves cordate, five-lobed, somewhat 

 toothed, fleshy ; branches round. It flowers during the 

 greatest part of the summer. Native of the Cape. 



43. Pelargonium Cortustefolium ; Cortusa-leaved Grant's 

 Bill. Umbels many-flowered ; leaves cordate, gash-lobed, 

 waved, bluntly toothed; stipules awl-shaped. Stem shrubby, 

 woody, branched, almost upright, round, the thickness of a 

 finger, three feet high and more, brown ; flowers handsome; 

 the two upper petals large, widely wedge-shaped, purple, 

 with several branched streaks of a darker purple arising from 

 the base, and above these a transverse band, of the same 

 colour. Native of the Cape. 



44. Pelargonium Crassicaule ; Thick-stalked Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered ; leaves kidney-form, obacuminate ; 

 stem fleshy, branched, even. It flowers in July. Native of 

 the south-west coast of Africa. 



45. Pelargonium Cotyledonis; Hollyhock-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Umbels compound; leaves cordate, peltate, wrinkled ; 

 stem fleshy. It flowers from May to July. Native of the 

 island of St. Helena. 



** Shrubby, with a woody Stem. 



46. Pelargonium Ovale ; J3val-leaved Crane's Bill. Um- 

 bels few-flowered ; pedicels elongated ; leaves elliptic, tooth- 

 ed ; stems hirsute ; root-leaves numerous ; corolla papiliona- 

 ceous, twice as large as the calix, red ; the upper petals 

 longer, wider, reflex. It flowers from May to July. Native 

 of the Cape. 



47. Pelargonium Betulinum; Birch-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels few-flowered ; leaves ovate, unequally serrate, levi- 

 gated. Stem shrubby, four or five feet high, sending out 

 several branches ; corolla large, red, with the two upper 

 petals bigger than the three others. The flowers vary con- 

 siderably both in size and colour, generally pale pink ; its 

 foliage is different from that of the other species, and, as its 

 name imports, like that of the Birch Tree. It flowers during 

 most part of the summer, and is readily propagated by cut- 

 tings. Native of the Cape. 



4'8. Pelargonium Glaucum ; Spear-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Peduncles two-flowered ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 acuminate, glaucous. Stem shrubby, with round, rod like, 

 declining branches, two feet high ; corolla papilionaceous, 

 white ; the upper petals wider, reflex ; claws purple. It 

 flowers from June to August. It rarely ripens its seed with 

 us, and is therefore usually raised from cuttings, which are 

 not very free in striking. Native of the Cape. 



49. Pelargonium Tricuspidatum ; Three-pointed Crane's 

 Bill. Peduncles two-flowered ; leaves three-pointed ; middle 

 lobe more produced, subserrate ; midrib muricated under- 

 neath ; root branched. Stem shrubby, two feet high and 

 more, very much branched, smooth, round, the thickness of 

 a reed or the little finger, almost upright, when old dusky, 

 when young more or less blood-red. It flowers from May to 

 August. 



50. Pelargonium Acetosum; Sorrel Crane's Bill. Umbels 

 few-flowered; leaves obovate, crenate, smooth, fleshy ; petals 

 linear. Stem shrubby, six or seven feet high, sending out 

 several side-branches ; peduncles axillary, long, sustaining- 

 three or four flowers, with narrow unequal petals, of a pale 

 blush-colour, with some stripes of a light red. A variety 

 with scarlet flowers has been raised from seed. The flowers 

 continue in succession during most part of the summer. 

 Native of the Cape. 



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51. Pelargonium Scabrum ; Rough-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels few-flowered ; leaves wedge-shaped, semitrifid, rug- 

 ged ; lobes lanceolate, loosely serrate. Stem shrubby, round, 

 three or four feet high, the thickness of a finger, upright, of 

 a reddish bay colour, branching from the axils, very rough, 

 as is the whole plant, but becoming smooth by age ; petals 

 blunt, of a purple rose-colour, the two upper twice as wide 

 as the others, with a dark red spot at the base. It flowers 

 from August to November. Native of the Cape. 



52. Pelargonium Crispum ; Curled-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Peduncles subtviflorous; leaves distich, cordate, three-lobed, 

 curled, muricated ; stipules heart-shaped ; nectary the length 

 of the calix. This is a pretty species, and valued more par- 

 ticularly for its lemon-scent. There are two varieties, one 

 with leaves half an inch in diameter, the other above an inch. 

 It flowers from July to November. Native of the Cape. 



53. Pelargonium Adulterinum; Hoary Trifid-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Peduncles subbiflorous; leaves cordate, three-lobed, 

 waved, villose, soft. It flowers in April and May. Native 

 of the Cape. 



54. Pelargonium Extipulatum ; Soft-leaved Trifid Crane's 

 Bill. Umbels few-flowered ; leaves cordate, three-parted, 

 lobed, toothed, hoary ; stipules scarcely any. The whole 

 plant is very smooth, and somewhat glaucous; stem shrubby, 

 a foot high, with round upright branches ; corolla papilio- 

 naceous, pale flesh-colour, the three lower petals hanging 

 down, without spots, and white on the outside ; the two 

 others upright, bent back at top, having spots of a darker 

 colour. The leaves have a very pleasant smell, not unlike 

 Swept Marjoram. It flowers from May to August.- Native 

 of the Cape. 



55. Pelargonium Tornatum ; Ternatc Crane's Bill. Stem 

 shrubby, hispid ; leaves opposite, ternate ; leaflets wedge- 

 shaped, gash-trifid, serrate, scabrous. Stem suffruticose, 

 dichotomous, round, purple, villose, erect, two feet high and 

 more ; branches simple, short, resembling the stem ; flowers 

 lateral and terminating, umbelled ; corolla whitish flesh- 

 colour ; petals oblong, entire, equal, with a double purple 

 streak at the base. This differs very materially from the other 

 species, in the unusual roughness of the stalks, as well as in 

 its whole habit. It is easily raised from cuttings. Native of 

 the Cape. 



56. Pelargonium Tricolor ; Three-coloured Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels three-flowered : leaves oblong, bluntish, hoary, cut 

 and somewhat pinnatifid, obscurely three-lobed : the two 

 upper petals rugged at the base, with prominent shining dots. 

 This scarcely exceeds a foot high in this country, -growing 

 up with a shrubby stem, and spreading widely into numerous 

 flowering branches, so much disposed to produce flowers in 

 constant succession, that during most of the summer the 

 plant is loaded with a profusion of them. They generally 

 go off without seed ; and when anyis produced, there is 

 generally one perfect and four abortive. The whole plant 

 is covered with short white hairs, which give to the foliage 

 a somewhat silvery hue. The two uppermost petals are of a 

 beautiful red, having their bases nearly black ; the three 

 lowermost are white. Instances occur in which one or more 

 of the white petals have a stripe of red ; and the dark colour 

 at the base of the upper petals is in a certain degree soluble 

 in water ; for on the plants being watered, the white petals 

 here and there become stained by the colouring matter, which 

 in a diluted state is purplish : as the flowers decay, this 

 apparently black part, distinguished by the roughness of its 

 surface, arising from prominent lucid points, is sometimes 

 perforated with numerous small holes. Native of the Cape, 

 Most of the branches in this species, running out speedily 



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