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PELARGONIUM 



who founded the species on previous descriptions. One 

 of tlie descriptions (Uillenius, in "Hortus Elthamensis," 

 17:J'J) was accompanied by a picture, and this picture, 

 reduced one-half, is reproduced in Fig. 1G98. It will be 

 seen that even in that early day the species had varied 

 into a form with short-notched petals and short pedi- 

 cels. Introduced into England in 1714. 



."i. hortdnim, Bailey. CoMMON.FiSHor BeddinoGkra- 

 NRM. Figs. 1699-1701. The common Geranium in 

 great numbers of forms, derived from the blending of 

 P. zonule and P. inquinans in more than a century of 

 careful selection. The original species are not now in 

 cultivation. Practically all garden Geraniums have the 

 zonal marks on the leaves or bands or a central blotch 

 of variegation. Some of them have intermingled colors 

 of green, white and red on the snnic h-;it. Some are 

 "silver-banded"and some "gold-t.:in(liil." Sec Fig. 1701. 

 AA. Plant weak and usuaUij Irailimj, lli, hranches 

 slender and not sua-ul/ i>l : h\-<. fhnhj and 

 i/losx!/, lobed, marginaUn liellnte : inflorescence 

 umbelhtfe : good stamens 7, 2 upper shorter. 

 (Dibrachya.) Ivy-Leaved Geraniums. 

 4. peUatnm, Ait. (P. sciitittum, Sweet. P. hecTeratb- 

 lliim, Hort.). Fig. 1702. Plant with slender- jointed, 

 more or less zigzag .stems which are glabrous or very 

 nearly so (except at the top) : Ivs. glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent, Heshy, the petiole inserted just inside the 

 margin at the base, about 5-nerved. with about 5 short 

 wide, mostly obtuse mam lobes and often with smaller 

 minor lobes or angles and notches, peduncle very long, 

 originally 4-8 fid , but now hearing many greatly modi- 

 tied fls , the calw tube slender and stalk-like and often 

 longer th m the pedicel and 2-3 times longer than the 



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PELARGONIUM 



■d and mostly ciliate lobes; petals twice as 

 x-lobes, red to white or purplish, the 2 

 rect and purple-blotched or striped, the 3 



1706. Pelargonium quercifoli 



lower ones usually smaller and not marked and sepa- 

 rated from the upper as if the tiower were 2-lipped. 

 B.JI. 20. — Parent of the Ivy-Leaved Geraniums, now 

 much improved and varied. Prized for baskets. 

 There are forms with double Hs. and colors of various 

 kinds. It is a most desirable plant and very florifenms 

 in most of the garden sorts. 

 AAA. riinii ,r.„„h,, „„/ s„,,'Hh;,l, the foliage often 



lli. til III-/ III jiiiiiinlilii jHiiii'd: inflorescence pan- 

 iniliili- i.r iimliillnh-: iiood stamens ? or 6. [Pcl- 

 niyiiim.) 



B. Stipules present and conspicuous. 

 c. Lrs. not dislincthj lobed, though often angled, moslh/ 

 nnil in- urate and cordate. Exceptions in P. do- 



r^. betuUnum, Ait. Erect and shrubby, downy only on 

 the young growths: Ivs. stalked, oval or ovate, olituse 

 or not prominently acute, rounded or truncate at base, 

 the stipules sharp and deciduous: tis. light purple, the 

 broad upper petals with dark streaks. B.M. I4».— .\ 

 handsome and neat plant. 



6. cordEttum, Ait. Fig. 1703. Shrubby and erect, vil- 

 lous or nearly glabrous: Ivs. long-stalked, cordate-acute, 

 denticulate and sometimes obscurely lobed: peduncles 

 usually branched, the pedicels and calyx soft hairy: 

 Hs. purplish, the petals twice as^long as the sepals. 

 B.M. 165 (as P. cordifnlium). -Told from P. cucullatum 

 i)y its flat cordate-acute Ivs. It is a handsome plant in 

 l)loom. The plant in cultivation as P. cordatum (Fig. 

 1703), has leaves iiuire truncate at the base than the de- 

 s.Ti|itioiis and iplil pictures r.il] for, although on some 

 slioots llii- Icavr^ liia\ lir I\pirally cordate. 



ill and shrubby plant, imich 

 ■iely villous: Iv.s. long-stalked, 

 ed or cucullate, denticulate, 

 very .soft-pubescent, the stipules ovate-acute and with- 

 ering: fls. purple, in many-fid. panicles, the pedicels 

 and calices densely silky-hairy, the petals twice as 

 long as the lance-acurainate sepals. — "Very common 

 round Capetown and in the western districts, where it 

 is often used as an ornamental hedge-plant."— fl'nnc.v. 

 Known in England from 1690, and the parent, with P. 

 angulosiim and probably others, of the fancy or show 

 Pelargoniums of gardeners. Not known in cult, in its 

 pure or original form. 



8. ang:ul6sum, Ait. Fig. 1704. Differs from P. cucnl- 

 latum in its harsh-hairy covering and rigid angled 

 leaves: the Ivs. arc slicirt-stalked, truncate or broadly 

 ."j shallow angular and acute 

 lobes; panicKs with fcwer-tld. umbels. — Linnieus 



7. cucullatum, 

 :-aiiched, softly 

 idney-shaped 



