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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. maoula'tum. SpoUeS G. Erect. Lvs. 



palmately 3-5-parted. Plowers large 

 (1' broad), showy. Sepals mucro- 

 nate. Spring, c. 



2 G. Hobertia'num, Uerl Bdhert. Dif- 



use, weak. Lvs, primately 3-parted 

 to the base.. Flowers small (7" 

 broad). Sepals mucronate. June. 



3 G. pusil'lum. Dwarf G. Diffuse. 



Sepals veinless. Leaves parted 

 into 5-7 linear lobes, lobes 

 3-cleft. Fields and hills. Juhj. 



4 G. Oarolinia'num. Stems diffuse. Se- 



pals with an awn. Lvs. parted 



into fi wedge-oblt)ng, many-cleft 



lobes. Fields. July. 

 Fig.^-i. Herb Eobert, leaves, flowers, and fruit; 3, fruit enlargefl, 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- 

 niums" belong to the genus Pelargo'nium. 



Order XXXII. OXALIDACEJE. Wood Sorrels. 



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

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



