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1-2-flowered axillary peduncles. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 

 10, ripening in 2 sets. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-beaked ; stigmas 5. 



1. G. maculatum L. Wild Crane's-Bill, Wild Gekaxium. 

 Perennial, ^vitl^ an erect, hairy stem, 12-18 in. high. Leaves about 

 .■^-parted, marked with pale blotchevS, the basal leaves long-petioled. 

 Flowei's large (1 in. or more in diameter), light purple, somewhat 

 corymbed. Petals entire, twice as long as the calyx, the claw bearded. 

 Open woods and thickets; common. 



2. G. Robertianum L. Herb Robert. Annual or biennial. Stems 

 somewhat hairy, weak and spreading, reddish. Leaves of 5 leaflets, 

 the latter once or twice pinnately cut, long-petioled. Flowers light 

 purple, about J in. in diameter, streaked with dark and light red. 

 Claws of petals smooth. Damp woods and ravines E. 



II. PELARGONIUM L'Her. 



Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves with stipules, scented. 

 Flowers much as in the preceding genus, but one of the sepals 

 hollowed out below into a nectar-bearing tube extending down 

 the pedicel. The 2 upper petals different in size or shape from 

 the other 3. Cultivated from the Cape of Good Hope. [Most 

 of the species are commonly, though not quite correctly, called 

 '- geraniums." Only a few of the commonest are here described.] 



1. P. peltatum Ait. Ivy Geranium. Stems somewhat prostrate and 

 trailing. Leaves somewhat peltate, smooth or nearly so. Flowers 

 pink or white. 



2. P. zonale AVilld. Horseshoe Geranium. Stem erect, widely 

 branched, woody below. Leaves alternate, opposite or sometimes in 

 threes, round or kidney-shaped, palmately veined, crenate, downy, 

 usually with a dark zone near the middle. Flowers in a long pedun- 

 cled umbel, showy, red or white, often double. Numberless varieties 

 in cultivation. 



3. P. graveolens Ait. Rose Geranium. Stem erect or ascending, 

 densely downy, 1-3 ft, high. Leaves Alternate, palmately lobed or 

 divided, the lobes often finely dissected, rolled under at the edges. 

 Flowers umbeled, small, light purple with darker veins; whole 

 plant very fragrant. Common in cultivation. 



4. P. odoratissimum Ait. Nutmeg Geranium. Branches crooked 

 and straggling from a very short, moderately stout nuiin stem. Leaves 

 small, roundish and scalloped, covered with velvety down, very fra- 

 grant. Flowers white, inconspicuous, on short pedicels the petals 

 hardly longer than the calyx. 



