80 GERANIUM FAMILY. 



1 . Leaves peltate and fleshy, the 5 lobes entire : stems trail inrj. 

 P. peltatum, IVY-LEAVED P. Generally smooth, the leaf fixed towards 

 the middle, with or without a darkish /one ; flowers pink or varying to white. 



2. Leaves round and eremite, vert/ obscurely mony-lobed mid ir/t/i a d<-rp narrow 

 sinus: petals a/I of one color (scarlet, pinx, or varying to ioJiite), the two 



upper a /////< nnrroiccr I/KI/I tltt otlte.rs : stems erect, shrubby and succulent. 

 The two species yrcutly mixed. 



P. ZOlialc, HOUSE-SHOE P. So called from the dark horse-shoe mark or 

 zone, which however is not alwavs present ; smoothish ; petals narrowish. 



P. inquinans, STAIXIXG or SCAKLET P. In the unmixed state is soft- 

 downy and dammy, the leaves without the zone ; petals broadly ohovate, origi- 

 nally intense scarlet. 



3. Leaves roundel, inoderat-li/ if at (ill lobed : brandies scarcely succulent: pet- 

 als never scarlet, the two np/icr more or less larger than the three lower. 

 leaves sweet-scented, velvety or soj)-dt>in>u : Jl/rers small : stems or branches 

 herbaceous or half herbaceous, vpr&iding or straggling. 



P. capitatum, HOSE-SCENTED P. Soft'.y hairy, with the rose-scented 

 leaves moderately lobed, the lobes short and broad ; peduncle bearing- many 

 sessile flowers in a head ; petals rose-purple, barely ' long. 



P. toment6sum, PEPPERMINT P. Densely soft-hairy ; branches long 

 and thickish ; leaves rather large, round-heart-shaped and with 5- 7 open lobes, 

 velvety-hairy both sides ; flowers on long pedicels in paniclcd umbels, insignifi- 

 cant ; petals white, the 3 lower a little longer than the calyx. 



P. odoratissimum, NUTMEG-SCENTED P. Branches slender and strag- 

 gling, from a very short scaly stem or base ; leaves rounded and crcnatc, soft- 

 velvety, small ; flowers on short pedicels, very small ; petals white, scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx. 



* * Leaves not sireet-scoit-d : Jlmrers Innjc, pinlc, purple, irhite, $~c., the tiro 



upper petals longer mid broader (Imn the three lower and streaked or spotted: 

 shrnbbij and erect. (A/I much mi.rl.) 



P. CUCUllatum, COWLED P. Soft-hairy, the rounded kidney-shaped leaves 

 cupped, soft-downy. 



P. COrdatum, HEART-LEAVED P. Like the last or less hairy, with flat 

 ovate-heart-shaped leaves. 



P. angulbsum, MAPLE-LEAVED P. Harsher-hairy; the leaves rigid, in- 

 clined to be lobed, truncate or even wedge-shaped at the base (scarcely ever 

 heart-shaped), sharply toothed. 



4. Leaves decided/. t/ lobed or cut, in some species compound or decompound, 



# Smooth and pale or glaucous, rounded, palmatelij 5 - 1 -cleft. 

 P. grandiflbrum, GREAT-KLOWERED P. Shrubby; peduncles bearing 

 about 3 large flowers, with white petals 1^' long, the two upper larger ami ele- 

 gantly veined or varii-gated with pink or rose-color. 



# * Silky-hoary, pinnate/y veined and somewhat pinnattfuL 



P. tricolor, THREE-COLORED P. Low, rather shrubby ; the long-pctioled 

 small leaves lance-oblong ; pedunc'es bearing 2 or .'5 showy flowers ; the three 

 lower petals white, the two upper crimson, with a dark spot at their base, and 

 rather smaller, ' long : not common. 



# # # SoJ^hoary or velvety , palmatefy 3'pctrted, snutU : ito obvious stipules. 

 P. exstipulatum, PEVNV-KOYAL P. Low, rather shrubby ; leaves with 

 the sweet BCCnl of 1 Vuuy-lloyal or I.ergamot, .',' wide, the lobes wedge->haped 

 and cnt-tOOthed ; (lowers small and insignilieant, white. 



* # * # I/ain/, ront/liish, or doiniu : /nins <,< <>r A.ss pinitntifid or pi/niafc/i/ 



compound or ///< nmin lobes <>r divisions pinnate/id, balsamic r stnmij- 



'< <l : nfi'i>iilis pr< si-tit. 



P. QUercifolium, OAK-LEAVED P. Shrubby, hairy and glandular ; 

 leaves deeply jiiniiaie-pinnatifid, with wavy-toothed blunt lobes (the lowest 



