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1. Z. APICTJLATTJM, F. V. M. Spreading under shrub. Leaflets broadly oblong, 

 l-l| inch long. Mmpera latifelia,. Hook. 



Islands of Bass Straits. Extra-tropical Australia. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



2. Z. BiLLARDiBRi, B.C. Spreading undershrub. Leaflets linear, rarely some- 

 •what broader, |-| inch long. Flowers yellow. Roepera billardieri, Hook. 



Oedjsb XX. GER.INIACE^. 



Pistil of 3 to 5 blended carpels. Ovarian cavities distinct, attached to a central 

 prolongation of the torus. Stamens usually 10. Filaments free or slightly united 

 at the base, inserted into a glandular enlargement. Sepals and petals usually 5, 

 free. Corolla rarely irregular. 



Fruit with a pointed beak. 



Flowers regular, leaves much divided ... ... 1. Geranium. 



Flowers irregular, leaves entire ... ... ... 2. Pelargonium. 



Fruit oblong-capsule, leaves trifoliate ... ... 3. Oxalis. 



1. GERANIUM. 



Sepals and petals 5, regular. Stamens 10. Pistil with along beak, each carpel 

 1-seeded, coilira,g up towards the apex when ripe. 



Flowers on long stalks ... ... ... ... ... 1 . 6r, dissectum. 



Flowers neax-ly sessile ... .. ... ... ... 2. 6, sessiliflorum. 



1. Gr. DISSECTUM, Jv. A spreading, loosely-branched perennial, 6-12 inches 

 long. Leaves long, stalked, orbicular, but divided nearly to the stalk into 3 or 5 

 segments, that are again more or less divided into usually 3 lobes, |-1 inch in 

 diameter. Flowers mostly solitary, axillary, on long stalks. Sepals 2-3 lines 

 long. Petals rather longer, pink or white. 



This form common in Australia difEers from the type in being of more 

 procumbent habit, seeds smoother, and leaves less divided. G. dissectum, var. 

 amtrale, B. ; G. pilosum, Sol. ; G. •potentilloides, L'Her. 



Very common. Throughout extra-tropical Australia. All or most temperate 

 ■climates. Fl. spring and summer. 



2. G. SESSILIFLORUM, Cav. Similar in all parts to the above, only a generally 

 dvrarfed habit. Flower-stalks very short. Sepals very acute. G. brevicaule, H. 

 Probably only a variety of G. dissectum, L. 



Found in most alpine situations ; also in Victoria, New South Wales, and New 

 Zealand. Fl. spring and summer. 



Ebodium CICUTARIUM, i'fiisn LeavSs oblong, pinnate, and dissected into 

 very numerous lobes. Flowers small, pink, few or many, on common 

 stalks. Fruit with a very long beak. Introduced and widely distributed 

 in pastures. Throughout Northern temperate parts. 



2. PELARGONIUM. 



Sepals and petals 5, som^ewhat irregular. Stamens 10, slightly united at the 

 base, many without anthers. Fruit very similar to Geranium. 



P. AUSTRALE, WUld. An erect or decumbent perennial, from a few inches to 

 2 feet. Leaves broadly reniform, on long stalks. Flowers many or few, in a 

 a stalked umbel. Petals pink. P. acugnaticum, Thau (included). 



Very commoin a/t all altitudes. Extra-tropical Australia, New Zealand, and 

 South Africa. Fl. spring and summer. 



