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THE FLORA. 



at last separating into 5, long-styled, 

 1 -seeded carpels. Styles smooth in- 

 side, finally curling from the base 

 upward, but still adhering at top to 

 the axis. — Herbs with forked stems, 

 much divided leaves. Flowers 

 mostly purple. 



Petals entire, twice as long as the 



awned sepals 1, 2 



Petals notched or 2-lobed, short. 



Leaves palmately 5-7-lobed. Pods 



hairy ® 3, 4 



1 G. macula'tum. Spotted G. Erect. Lvs. 



pahnately 3-5-parted. Flowers large 

 (1' broad), showy. Sepals mucro- 

 nate. Spring, c. 



2 Gr. Robertia'num. Herb Robert. Dif- 



use, weak. Lvs. prinaately 3-parted ~^^ 

 to the base. Flowers small (7^' ' 

 broad). Sepals mucronate. June. 



3 G. pusirium. Dwarf G. Diffuse. 



Sepals veinless. Leaves parted 

 into 5-7 linear lobes, lobes 

 3-cleft. Fields and hills. July. 



4 G. 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 fruit; 3, fruit enlarged, showing one carpel on 

 its elastic style; 4, cross-section of a seed, showing the large embryo filling the whole 

 space ; 2, the 10 stamens. 



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

 •ums" belong to the genus Pelargo^ nium. 



<-DER XXXII. OXALIDACE^. Wood Sorrels. 



Low herl. 



fl'Oicer 



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



•5 regUar and symmetrical, 5-sepaled and 5-petaled ; 



