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GERANIUM 



GERARDIA 



petals entire. June, through Aug. Eu. G. 18:649. 

 G.L. 18:208. Gn.W. 24:367. Var. flore-pleno, Not 

 so tall as parent. Very numerous deep blue fls. in clus- 

 ters. June and July, and often again in fall. J.H. III. 

 48:305. Var. album, a white-fid. form is known. 



16. maculatum, Linn. Wild or Spotted Crane's- 

 bill. Fig. 1630. The common American species, about 

 13/2 ft- high: St. angular: basal Ivs. long-petioled, 

 deeply 3-5-parted; st.-lvs. opposite, shorter-petioled: 

 peduncles 1-5, infl. often unbellate; fls. 1-1 K in. broad, 

 rose-purple; petals woolly at base. June, July. N. 

 Amer. B.B. 2:341. S. 332. — Showy native species; 

 should be more in cult. Grows best in somewhat wet 

 places. Var. plenum, a double-fld. variety of deeper 

 color. Var. album, a pale-fid. or pure white form is 

 kno^\Ti. 



17. mcisum,Nutt. (G.eridnihum, hind.). About 1 ft. 

 high, leafy branched, the st. thickened below, solitary: 

 Ivs. finely cut, long hairy, the hairs fine and silky: pedi- 

 cels conspicuously glandular-pubescent; sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, mucronate; petals with stiff white hairs, 

 inner surface purple, about 1 in. wide. Ore. — A hardy 

 species well worth growing. Not perfectly hardy near 

 Boston. 



18. eriostemon, Fisch. (G. platydnthum, Duthie). St. 

 erect, slender, grooved, from an almost woody base: 

 Ivs. kidney-shaped, 5-lobed, sometimes palmately so, 

 the lobes ovate, toothed, the teeth slightly mucronate: 

 fls. corymbose, the sepals ovate, obtuse, very hairy; 

 petals violet-purple, broadly obovate, entire. Native 

 of Siberia and temp. China. — A showy and useful 

 garden plant. 



19. sibiricum, Linn. Siberian Crane's-bill. A 

 slender, somewhat forked plant, brown-villous, 1-2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. deeply 3-5-parted: peduncles slender, usually 

 1-fld.; fls. very small, dingy white, the obovate petals 

 scarcely exceeding the oblong-lanceolate 3-nerved 

 sepals. June through Aug. Siberia, and naturalized 

 near New York. B.B. 2::341. Jacq. Hort. Widd. pi. 19. 

 — Another form under same name, with brick-red fls., 

 appears to be in cult. 



20. grandiflorum, Edgew A thick-stemmed peren- 

 nial about 10-16 in. tall, usually somewhat glandular, 

 branched: Ivs. long-petioled, the blade 5-parted and 

 rotund in outline, the lobes irregularly toothed: fls. 

 bunched at the ape.\ of the branches, showy; petals 

 spreading, pale hlac, the veins dark purple, about as 

 long as the sepals. N.Asia. F.S.R. 1:54. Gn. 64, p. 

 184. — Suitable mostly for rockeries. 



21. nepalense, Sweet. St. spreading or ascending, 

 thin, not more than IS in. long: Ivs. ovate-rhomboid, 

 deeply .5-lobed, hairy, the lobes dentate, the teeth 

 almost spinose: fls. numerous, on hairy pedicels; sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, often mucronate; petals usually 

 about equaling the sepals, rose-purple, broadly obo- 

 vate, not emarginate at apex. Mountains of Asia. 

 June-Aug. S. 12. — Useful only in the rockery. 



22. Endressii, J. Gay. About 18 in. high, the st. 

 covered with pale brown hairs: Ivs. opposite, palmate, 

 5-lobed, upper ones 3-lobed, serrated, densely hairy, 

 with spreading hairs: peduncles axillary, 2-fld.; petals 

 entire, fringed at base, fight rose, darker veined, 2-3 

 times the length of the 3-nerved, oblong-ovate sepals. 

 Summer. Pyrenees. — Among the best for the border, 

 and useful for cutting. 



23. Wallichianum, D. Don. Of prostrate traifing 

 habit: st. and Ivs. covered with silky hairs, the st. 

 deeply grooved: Ivs. light green, 3-5-parted, with deeply 

 toothed lobes: fls. large, purple, borne sparingly all 

 summer; sepals 3-nerved, the lateral nerves stiff-hairy; 

 petals about twice as long as the sepals, smooth, 

 emarginate. Himalayas. B.M. 2.377. S. 90.— For the 

 rockery and must not be grown in the open exposed 

 parts of it. The hot dry winds of midsummer in E. U. 

 S. are not favorable. 



24. collinum, Steph. (G. Londesii, Fisch.). St. 

 angular and usually decumbent, grooved and hairy: 

 Ivs. palmately 5-parted, deeply divided and cut: 

 sepals lanceolate-ovate, 3-nerved, densely hairy; 

 petals entire, purple, with a tinge of violet. June, 

 July. E. Eu. — One of the showiest in its season. Should 

 be cut back before seeding, to induce second bloom. 



25. Grevilleanum, Wall. St. creeping, rarely a little 

 erect: Ivs. long-petioled, the blades usually 5-lobed, 

 kidney-shaped, hairy, the lobes deeply serrate, but not 

 usuaUy divided: flowering stalk thick, more or less 

 glandular, the fls. large and showy, frequently 2 in. 

 across; sepals oblong-ovate; petals obovate, some- 

 times hairy at their bases, pale rose or in some forms 

 with large purple spots, at least as to the wild plant, 

 1-2 times the length of the sepals. Himalayas. — Useful 

 for the rockery. 



The following are unknown aa to botanical affinities or are 

 insufficiently known in Amer. 



G. Balkanum, Hort. A hardy plant, with fragrant foliage: 

 fls. on radical sts., 1 in. across, dark magenta. June. — G. Held' 

 reic/iu, Hort. Orange-colored fls.= (?).^-0. L(>u>ti, Hort. 2-2Hft.r 

 fls. bright rose with vdolet center. Name unknown in botanical 

 literature. — G. prostrdlum, Hort. Fls. purple, .\dvertised as "good 

 rockery subject."^ (?). — G. sylvdticum. Linn, .\bout 2 ft. high, with a 

 soft-haired, upright, round St. : Ivs. 5— 7-parted, lobes oblong, deeply 

 toothed: fls. purple or violet. June, July. The common wood 

 geranium of Eu. A white-fld. form G. suli'dlicum album, Hort., is 

 known. Gn. 72, p. 178.— .<?. tuberdsum, Linn. Tuberous-rooted, 

 9-15 in. high, with st. at base naked; Ivs. many-lobed, hnear and 

 serrate: pedicels 1-2-fld., fls. large, violet. May. S. Eu. 



N. TAYLOR-t 

 GERANIUM, FEATHER: Chenopodium Botrys. 



GERARDIA (after John Gerarde, 1545-1607, per- 

 haps the most popular of the herbalists) . Scrophidari- 

 aces: Hardy annual and perennial herbs, all American, 

 and mostly of the Atlantic states, with yeUow or rosy 

 purple flowers, in late summer and autumn, the later 

 color rarely varying to white. 



Leaves mainly opposite: calyx 5-toothed or cleft; 

 corolla beU- to fimnel-shaped, broad-throated, 5-parted, 

 the 2 posterior lobes often smaller and more united; 

 stamens commonly more or less hairy; anthers more or 

 less appro.ximate in pairs: caps, globose, 2-grooved; 

 seeds usuaUy angled, loose-coated. The first 3 species 

 described below belong to a section in which the roots 

 are more or less saprophytic; by some, and probably 

 correctly, they are considered as belonging to the 

 genus Dasystoma. These plants are therefore rather 

 difficult to cultivate, and are offered only by collectors. 

 G. tenuifolia is offered by one dealer, the seeds presuma- 

 bly gathered in European gardens. 



A. Fls. yellow. 



B. Corolla pubescent outside: biennial or anmud. 



Pedicularia, Linn. St. much branched: pubescence 

 partly glandular and viscid, especially on the pedicels 

 and calyx, while in the ne.xt 2 species there is no glandu- 

 lar pubescence: Ivs. 1-2 in. long, all pinnatifid: fls. in 

 loose panicles or sofitary, the calyx-lobes oblong and 

 herbaceous, usually incised. E. N. Amer. 



BE. Corolla glabrotis outside: perennial. 



c. Height 3-6 ft. 



virginica, Linn. {G. quercifblia, Pursh). St. at first 

 glaucous, sparingly branched: lower Ivs. 3-5 in. long, 

 1-2-pinnatifid; upper Ivs. rarely entire: calyx-lobea 

 ovate, entire. Dry woods, E. U. S. 



cc. Height 1-2 ft. 



tevigata, Raf. Not glaucous but glabrous, the st. 

 simple or sUghtly branched: Ivs. l'^-4 in. long, entire, 

 or the lowest somewhat incised, aU petioled, lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate: calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, equal- 

 ing or shorter than the tube and caps, glabrous, about 

 twice as long as the calyx. Oak barrens, etc. S. E. 

 U.S. 



