180 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. 
palmately 3-5-parted. Flowers large 
(1’ broad), showy. Sepals mucro- 
nate. Spring. ¢ 3 
2G. Robertia’num, Herb Robert. pie SIAN 
use, weak, Lvs. primately 3-parted (7 
to the base. Flowers small (7’’ ‘Ks 
broad). Sepals mucronate. -/une. ayy 
3G. pusil/lum. Dwarf G. Diffuse. 1 
Sepals veinless. Leaves parted 
into 5-7 linear lobes, lobes: 
8-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. 4 
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- 
niums” belong to the genus Pélargo’nium. 
Orver XXXII. OXALIDACEH. Wood Sorrels. 
Low herbs with a sour juice, and alternate, compound leaves; with 
flowers regular and symmetrical, 5-sepaled and 5-petaled ; 
