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5. G. DISSECTUM. Willd. Wood Crane's-bill. 



St. diffuse, pubescent; Ivs. deeply 5-parted, lobes 3-cleft, incisely dentate ; 

 ped. dichotomous ; pedicels hairy ; scp. rnucronately awned, scarcely as long as 

 the emarginate petals ; beak hairy ; carp, rugose. rocky places, N. Sts. ! 

 A small spreading plant, 8 12' long. Leaves pentagonal in outline, 1 2' 

 diam., divisions and their segments oblong-linear, submucronate. Peduncles 

 6 10" long, with 4 bracts at the fork. Pedicels 610" long. Sepals 3-veined. 

 Petals purplish, deeply notched, a little longer than the sepals. Jn. Jl. 



6. G. SANGUINEUM. Bloody Geranium. St. erect, diffusely branched; ped. 

 longer than the petioles ; Ivs. opposite, 5-parted, orbicular in outline, lobes trifid, 

 with linear segments; carpels bristly at top. A beautiful species native of 

 Europe, deemed worthy of culture by many a florist. Grows about a foot high. 

 Leaves orbicular, deeply divided into 5 or 7, 3-fid lobes. Flowers large, round, 

 of a deep red or blood-color, f 



2. ERODIUM. L'Her. 



Gr. cpcjjioj, a heron ; from the resemblance of the beaked fruit to the heron's bill. 



Calyx 5-leaved ; petals 5 ; scales 5, alternate with the filaments 

 and nectariferous glands at the base of the stamens; filaments 10, 

 the 5 alternate ones abortive ; fruit rostrate, of 5 aggregate capsules, 

 each tipped with the long, spiral style, bearded inside. 



1. E. MOSCHATUM. L'Heritier. (Geranium moschatum. Ljinn.} Musk Gera- 

 nium. St. procumbent ; Ivs. pinnated with stalked, ovate, unequally serrated 

 segments ; ped. downy, glandular ; pet. equaling the calyx. (J) Native of Eng- 

 land. Sometimes cultivated for the strong, musky scent of its herbage. A foot 

 high. Leaves large. Flowers small, purple. May Jl. 



2. E. CICONIUM. L'Her. (G. ciconium. Linn.) Heron's-bill Geranium. St. 

 ascending ; Ivs. pinnate ; Ifts. pinnatifid, toothed ; ped. many-flowered ; pet. ob- 

 long, obtuse. (I) From S. Europe. Stem about If high. Flowers purple. 



3. PELARGONIUM. L'Her. 



Gr. ir\apyo j, a stork ; from the resemblance of the beaked fruit to the stork's bill. 



Sepalls 5, the upper one ending in, a nectariferous tube extending 

 down the peduncle with which it is connected; pet. 5, irregular, 

 longer than the sepals; filaments 10, 3 of them sterile. A large 

 genus of shrubby or herbaceous plants, embracing more than 300 species 

 and innumerable varieties, nearly all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Lower Ivs. (in plants raised from the seed) opposite, upper ones alternate. 

 * Stem, scarcely any. Root tuberous. 



1. P. FLAVUM. Carrot-leaved Geranium. St. very simple; Ivs. decompound, 

 /aciniate, hairy, segments linear; umbel many-flowered. Flowers brownish- 

 yellow. From the Cape of Good Hope, as well as the other species. 



2. P. TRISTE. Mourning Geranium. Dvs. hairy, pinnate ; Ifts. bipinnatifid, 

 divisions linear, acute. A foot high. Flowers dark green, in simple umbels. 



* * Stem elongated, Jierbateous or svffruticose. 



3. P. ODORATISSIMUM. Nutmeg-scented Geranium. St. short, fleshy; Ivs. 

 roundish, cordate, very soft; branches, herbaceous, long, diffuse. Valued chiefl" 

 for the powerful, aromatic smell of the leaves, the flowers being small, whitish". 



4. P. ALCHEMILLOIDES. Lady' 's-mantle Geranium. St. villous; Ivs. cordate, 

 villous, 5-lobed, palmate; ped. few-flowered; stiff, sessile. Stem 6' high, dif- 

 fuse, very hairy, with deflexed bristles. Flowers pink-colored. 



5. P. TRICOLOR. Three-colored Geranium. St. suffruticose, erect; Ivs. lance- 

 olate, villous, cut-dentate, trifid; vpper pet. glandular af base. Stem lf high. 

 This species is distinguished for its beautifully variegated flowers. Petals 

 roundish and nearly uniform in shape, but very different in color; the 3 lower 



