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72. Pelargonium Lacerum; Jagged-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Peduncles five-flowered; corollas five-petalled. Stem bien- 

 nial, hairy ; leaves pinnate, lobed, gashed ; five filamenta 

 fertile; root branched; petals blunt, spreading, pale flesh- 

 colour; the two uppermost obovate, very wide, with two 

 branching blood streaks above the claw; the three lower 

 ones much shorter and narrower, almost spatulate; fruit 

 rough-haired; smell unpleasant. It flowers from May to July. 



73. Pelargonium Longicaule ; Long-stalked Crane's Bill. 

 Peduncles from one to five flowered ; corollas four-petalled, 

 seldom five-petalled. Stem biennial, hirsute; leaves pinnate, 

 lobed ; seven filamenta fertile ; root branched. It resembles 

 the preceding very much ; but it very seldom has five petals, 

 and has always seven fertile filamenta. It flowers from May 

 to July, and has an unpleasant smell. 



74. Pelargonium Multicaule ; Many-stalked Crane's Bill. 

 Peduncles five-flowered, or thereabouts ; corollas four-petal- 

 led. Stem biennial, smooth ; leaves pinnate-lobed, smooth ; 

 seven filamenta fertile; root the thickness of a reed, or rather 

 more, about three inches long, round, branched, pale ; petals 

 spreading, deep purple, with deeper purple bands above the 

 claw ; the two upper spatulate, subemarginate, almost twice 

 as long as the calix ; the two lower blunt, less than half the 

 breadth, and much shorter than the others. It flowers in 

 April and the following months, and is void of smell. 



75. Pelargonium Anemonaefolium; Anemone-leaved Crane's 

 Bill. Peduncles four or five flowered ; corollas five-petalled. 

 Stem biennial; leaves pinnate, lobed, somewhat rough-haired 

 underneath, smooth above ; seven filj^menta fertile ; root 

 round, the thickness of a reed, brownish ; petals wedge- 

 shaped, rose-coloured, twice as long as the calix, blunt, 

 spreading; the two upper onps much wider, and marked 

 with branched blood-red lines. It flowers in the summer, 

 and when bruised has an unpleasant balsamic smell. 



76. Pelargonium Hirtum ; Rough-haired Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels five-flowered, or thereabouts ; leaves tripinnate, hir- 

 sute ; pinnules linear. Stem fleshy ; root round, the thick- 

 ness of the little finger, half a foot long; peduncles hirsute, 

 roughish, spreading, three or four inches long, sustaining 

 from three to five flowers in an umbel ; petals spatulate, 

 blunt, spreading, red purple; the two upper ones nearly 

 twice as wide as the others, and of a deeper colour; stigma 

 blood-red. It flowers in March and April, has but little 

 smell, and that is unpleasant. 



77. Pelargonium Tomentosum ; Downy Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered, simple and compound ; leaves cor- 

 date, mostly five-lobed, serrate, tomentose, very soft. Stem 

 fleshy; root branched; peduncles terminating, solitaiy, in 

 pairs or threes, about three inches in length, the thickness 

 at most of a pigeon's quill, almost erect, or spreading a 

 little ; petals oblong, blunt, a little longer than the calix, 

 white with a little longitudinal red band at the claw ; the two 

 upper ones spreading very much, and three times as wide as 

 the three lower ones, which are extended downwards. It 

 flowers in April and the following months. 



78. Pelargonium Ribifolium ; Currant-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Umbels many-flowered ; depressed, somewhat halved; leaves 

 cordate, three-lobed, serrate, somewhat hirsute; lobes lobed, 

 gashed. Stem fleshy; root branched ; petals blunt, snow- 

 white, without any spot ; the two upper ones longer, three 

 times as wide as the others, wedge-shaped, emarginate, half 

 turned back; the three lower ones sublinear, quite entire, 

 stretched forwards. It flowers from July to August, and 

 has a strong smell. 



79. Pelargonium Fuscatum. Umbels four-flowered ; leaves 

 cordate, roundish, mostly five-lobed, acutely serrate, smooth- 



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ish ; stipules ovate. Stem shrubby, erect, when young rug- 

 ged ; peduncles axillary, alternate, erect, somewhat rugged ; 

 the lower often opposite to a leaf: petals blunt, spreading; 

 the three lower oblong, shorter, pale rose-colour; the two 

 upper wedge-shaped, three times as wide as the lower ones, 

 twice as long as the calix, all over dark red, with longitu- 

 dinal bands of a much darker red. The leaves have scarcely 

 any smell ; and the flowers rather a disagreeable scent. They 

 appear in the summer. 



80. Pelargonium Patulum. Peduncles two-flowered; leaves 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, lobe-gashed, acutely crenate, 

 smooth above. Stem shrubby ; six filamenta fertile. The 

 stems arise from a branched root : petals wedge-shaped, 

 blunt, pale rose-colour, spreading; the two upper ones 

 emarginate, almost twice as wide as the three others, and 

 having a red band below the middle. It flowers in summer, 

 and has little scent. 



81. Pelargonium Balsameum. Umbels few-flowered; leaves 

 five-parted, somewhat rough-haired ; lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 gashed, somewhat rigid. Stem shrubby; peduncles axillary, 

 round, somewhat rough-haired, sustaining from one to three 

 flowers : petals flesh-coloured, spreading very much ; the 

 two upper ones obovate, emarginate, or quite entire, twice 

 as wide as the three lower, which are oblong, narrow, blunt, 

 quite entire ; stigma blood-red. It flowers in summer, and 

 has a balsamic scent like that of Tacamahaca. 



82. Pelargonium Hermannifolium. Peduncles two-flow- 

 ered ; leaves cuneate, roundish, gashed, rough-haired, rigid, 

 distich ; stem shrubby ; petals white, or tinged with flesh- 

 colour, twice as long as the calix. It is easily distinguished 

 from the fifty-second species by having no smell, or at most 

 only a very slight smell of turpentine when bruised. The 

 leaves are larger, and it is also a hrgher plant. 



PelMory, Bastard. See Achillea. 



Pellitory of Spain. See Anthemis. 



PcllitoryoftkeWall.),, D . . 



Pellito/y, Common. } See P ^etarta. 



Peltaria ; a genus of the class Tetradynamia, order Sili- 

 culosa. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth four- 

 leaved ; leaflets ovate, concave, erect, coloured, deciduous. 

 Corolla -. four-petalled, cruciform ; petals obovate, entire, 

 flat, with claws shorter than the calix. Stamina : filamenta 

 six, awl-shaped, the two opposite ones shortest, the length of 

 the calix ; antherse simple. Pistil: germen roundish, com- 

 pressed ; style short ; stigma simple, blunt. Pericarp : silicic 

 entire, suborbiculate, compressed, flat, one-celled, not open- 

 ing. Seed: single, (one to three, according to Gsertner,) 

 roundish, compressed, flat, emarginate. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Silicle: entire, suborbiculate, compressed, flat, 

 not opening. The species are, 



1. Peltaria Alliacea; Garlic-scented Peltaria. Leaves 

 embracing, oblong, undivided ; stalk upright, branching, 

 about two feet high. White flowers terminate the stalk in the 

 form of umbels. It flowers m May ; and is a native of stony 

 mountainous places in Austria. It is easily propagated by 

 seeds, which ripen in July, and may be sown 'in small patches 

 in the borders of the flower-garden, at the beginning of 

 April. When the plants are come up, leave four or five in 

 each patch, pulling the others out to give these room to grow, 

 and keeping them free from weeds. 



2. Peltaria Capensis; Cape Peltaria. Stem-leaves quinate- 

 pinnate, linear, somewhat fleshy; petals white, subemarginate, 

 four times as big as the ttilix, spreading, sessile. Native of 

 the Cape. 



Penaea ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Monogy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth two-leaved; 



