342 THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



G. maculatum, Linn. Common wild cranesbill. Fig. 18L Perennial, 

 1-2-ft., hairy erect: leaves orbicular, deeply 5-7-parted: petals entire, hairy 

 on the claw: flower rose-purple, 1 in. across. Common; spring. 



Q. Koberti^num, Linn. Herb Robert. Annual or biennial, 1 ft. or some- 

 times less, somewhat hairy, spreading: leaves 3- or 5-divided into pinnatifid 

 divisions: fls. % in. or less across, pink-red. Moist places; common. 



2. PELARGONIUM. Geranium of gardens. 



Somewhat fleshy, strong-scented plants, differing from Geranium in 

 having a somewhat 2-lipped corolla, and stamens with anthers less than 10. 



P. hortdrum, Bailey. Garden geranium. Fish geranium. Fig. 183. 

 Stem somewhat succulent and hairy: leaves orbicular or reniform, crenate- 

 lobed, often with bands of different colors: flowers in umbel-like clusters, 

 deflexed in bud of many colors, often double. South Africa, but of hybrid 

 origin. 



P. peltatum, Ait. Ivy-leaved geranium. Trailing: filaments 10, some 

 being sterile: petals pink or white, nearly equal: leaves more or less peltate, 

 nearly or quite smooth, 5-angled or -lobed. 



P. odoratlssimum. Ait. Nutmeg geranium. Stems somewhat shrubby, 

 and the branches straggling, thick, and softly hairy: leaves small, rounded, 

 very downy, fragrant: flowers small, white. 



P. gravdolens. Ait. Sose geranium. Somewhat shrubby : filaments 10, 

 some sterile: leaves divided palmately, the 5 or 7 lobes more or less toothed, 

 revolute and rough-edged: petals not equal, but 2 upper larger: flow- 

 ers umbelled, small, pinkish lavender, veined with darker: plant very 

 fragrant. 



3. OXALIS. OxALis. Wood-sorrel. 



Low often tuberous herbs with small flowers which have no glands on 

 the torus-disk: leaves digitate, of 3 or more leaflets, usually mostly radical: 

 flowers (opening in sun) with 5 sepals and petals and 10 somewhat mona- 

 delphous stamens, the alternate ones shorter : pod 5-loculed, often opening 

 elastically. The following have 3 obcordate leaflets, closing at night. 



0. stricta, Sav. Common yellow oxalis. Fig. 273. Stem leafy and 

 branching: peduncles bearing 2-6 small yellow flowers. Common in fields. 



0. Acetos611a, Linn. Wood-sorrel. Scape 2-5 in. high, from a creeping 

 rootstock- flowers white and pink-veined. Deep woods. 



0. viol^cea, Linn. Scape 5-10 in. high with an umbel of several bright 

 violet flowers, from a scaly bulb. Woods south, and a common window- 

 garden plant. 



4. TROPJSOLUM. Nasturtium of gardens. 



Tender, mostly climbing herbs (by means of leafstalks), with one of the 

 5 petals extended into a long, nectar-bearing yellow spur: petals usually 5, 

 with narrow claws, often bearded: stamens 8, of different shapes: carpels 

 3, indehiscent in fruit. The following (from Peru) have peltate orbicular 

 leaves (Fig. 126). 



