80 GERANIACEuE. [Geranium. 



in 2 sets, rarely 5, hypogynous, honeyed. Dish of 5 glands opposite the 

 sepals. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled, with a long beak terminated by 5 stig- 

 mas ; ovules 2 in each cell, superposed. Fruit of 5 dehiscent 1 -seeded 

 carpels, which terminate upwards in slender tails, and usually separate 

 elastically from the styliferous and placentiferous axis. Seeds oblong, 

 albumen scanty or ; cotyledons plicate or convolute ; radicle incumbent. 

 Distrib. All temp, regions ; species 100. — Etym. yepavos, a crane, from 

 the form of the fruit. — The garden Geraniums are Pelargonia, having irre- 

 gular flowers, a spurred sepal, perigynous petals, no glands, and few declinate 

 stamens. 



* Perennial. Peduncles 1-fowered. Sepals spreading. 



1. G. sanguin'eum, L. ; hairy, leaves orbicular 5-7-partite, segments 

 narrow 3-5-fid to the middle, carpels hairy, seeds wrinkled and dotted. 

 Dry rocks and sandy shores, from Ross southd. ; ascends above 1,000 ft. in the 



Highlands ; local in Ireland ; fl. July- August. — Rootstock stout, truncate. 

 Stems 1-2 ft., geniculate ; hairs spreading. Leaves 1-2 iu. diain., segments 

 linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or subacute ; stipules ovate, acute. 

 Flowers 1-1^ in. diam., crimson or pink, proterandrous; peduncles very long, 

 2-bracteate in the middle. Sepals oblong, obtuse, awned. Claw of petals 

 bearded.— Distrib. Europe, "W. Asia. 

 G. sanguin'eum proper; suberect, hairs scattered. — Var. G. po^ostra'tum, 

 Cav. ; stems shorter decumbent, hairs more copious, flowers pinkish. 

 G. lancas'triense, "With. Sands, Walney Island, Lancashire. 



** Perennial. Stem erect. Peduncles 2-forcered. Sepals spreading. 



2. G. sylvat'icum, L. ; erect, pilose and glandular above, leaves 

 orbicular deeply 7-lobed, lobes cut and serrate, sepals awned, j>etals 

 notched, carpels smooth hairy, pedicels erect, seeds minutely reticulate. 

 Copses and moist meadows from Stafford and Carnarvon to Caithness ; ascends 



to 2,700 ft. in the Highlands ; very rare in Ireland ; fl. June-July. — Root- 

 stock truncate, creeping. Stem 1-3 ft., branched above. Leaves 3-5 in. 

 diam., radical long-petioled, cauline sessile ; stipules ovate. Flowers |-| in. 

 diam., blue-purple or rose-coloured, cymose at the ends of the branches, 

 gynodicecious, proterandrous. Claw of petals bearded. Filaments filiform, 

 ciliate. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), Siberia, W. Asia. 



3. G. praten'se, L. ; erect, pubescent, hairs reflexed, leaves orbicular 

 7-9 partite, lobes laciniate coarsely serrate, sepals awned, petals notched, 

 carpels smoth glandular-hairy, pedicels deflexed, seeds minutely reticulate. 

 Moist meadows, &c, from Aberdeen and Isla southd. ; ascends to 1,800 ft. in 



the Highlands ; N.E. Ireland, very rare ; fl. June-Sept. — Rootstock truncate. 

 Stem 3-4 ft., branched above. Leaves 3-6 in. diam., all petioled, radical 

 very long-petioled ; stipules subulate-lanceolate. Flowers many, 1 J in. 

 diam., proterandrous. Sepals with very long awns. Claw of petals 

 bearded. Filaments glabrous, cuneate at the base. — Distrib. Europe 

 (Arctic), Siberia. 



4. G. perenne, Huds. ; erect or ascending, hairy, leaves reniform 7-9- 

 lobed, lobes cuneate 3-fid crenate, sepals mucronate, petals 2-lobed, carpels 

 keeled pubescent, pedicels deflexed, seeds smdoth. G. pyrcna'icum, L. 



