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THE FLORA. 



at last separating into 5, long-styled, 

 1 -seeded carpels. Styles smooth in- 

 side, fijjally curling from the base 

 upward, but still adhering at top ip 

 the axis. — Herbs with forked stems, 

 jnucli divided leaves. Flowers 

 mostly purple. 



Petu^s entire, twice as long as the 



awned sepals 1, 2 



Petals notched or 2-lobed, short. 



Leaves palmatelj 5-7-lobed. Pods 



hairy 3,4 



1 G. macula'tum. Sj)&ttfd G. Erect. Lvs. 



palmately 3-5-parted. Flowers large 

 (1' broad), showy. Sepals mucro- 

 nate. ^j)7'lnr/. c. 



2 G. Robertia'num. Herb Rohert. Dif- 



use, weak. Lvs. primately 3-parted 

 to the base. Flowers small (7''' 

 broad). Sepals muoronato. June. 



3 G. pusillum. Dwarf G. Diffuse. 



Sepals veiiiless. Leaves parted 

 into 5-7 linear lobes, lobes 

 3-cIeft. Fields and hills. July. 



4 Gr. Carolinia'num. Stems diffuse. Se- 



pals with an awn, Lvs. parted 

 into 5 wedge-oblong, many-cleft 

 lobes. Fields. July. 



Fig. 421. Herb Robert, leaves, flowers, and 

 its elastic stylo; 4, cross-section of a seed, 

 space ; 2, the 10 stamens. 



fruit; 3, fruit enlarged, sliowing one carpel on 

 showing the large embryo filling the whole 



Observation.— T\\Q pupil will perceive by the table above, that the parlor "gera- 

 niums" belong to the genus Felargo' nium. 



Order XXXII. OXALIDACE.E. Wood Sorrels. 



Low herbs with a sour juice, and alternate, compound leaves ; with 

 flowers regular and symmetrical, 5-sepaled and 5-petaled ; 



