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used as a hemostatic and as a powerful remedy in diarrhoea and 

 dysentery,^ The species of Monsonia are used at the Cape as 

 astringents,^ as are also several of Pelargonium. At the Cape P- 

 antidysentericwm^ and cucullaium^^ are recommended for nervous and 

 intestinal affections. In India, P. anceps^ is valued as an emmena- 

 gogue, and even as assisting parturition. In the last named genus 

 the usually abundant essential oil renders several species very 

 fragrant ; at the Cape it is distilled largely for industrial purposes 

 from the leaves of several species cultivated in. large quantities for 

 the purpose, and among others from P. Radula,^ roseum^ capitatum,^ 

 and odoratissimum? It is often used to adulterate Otto of Eoses, 

 resembling it in perfume, the species used being often named 

 Geranium Rosat}^ The waters distilled from these plants contain, 

 like those from roses, a certain portion of astringent principle, they 

 are therefore used topically for quinsy and slight ophthalmic affection, 

 and when the tannin is more abundant some Geraniece may be used 

 in preparing leather ; Geranium sylvaticum, reflesoum, macrorhisum, 

 and sanguineum are so employed. G. sylvaticum, with sulphate of 

 iron, is also used in dyeing black ; G. sanguineum, Rohertianum, and 

 Erodium moschatum give a yellow dye, and the flowers of G. molle, ■ 

 a blue. The odour of several Geraniums is said to keep away 

 parasites.^^ The perfume of the leaves of several Pelargoniums is 

 strong and disagreeable, but some, and especially P. triste^"^ have 

 flowers giving by night a grateful perfume. Some Geraniums have 



1 Eicher it ia said in tannin than kino ; it is i. 651, n. 31. — Haev. et Sond. M. Cap. i. 268. — 

 used as a powder, extract, and dye. Tlie last Sweet, Qeran. t. 262. — Kosenth. op. cit. 891. — 

 is said to be a sovereign remedy for thrush and P. cmdensatum Peks. Enehirid. ii. 227. — Gera- 

 uloers in the mouth. It is a good tonic for nium rosewin Andk. Bot. Rep. t. 173. A species 

 children troubled with affections of the digestive now rare or considered lost in England. 



tube, and ought to be tried in Europe. ^ ^t_ Hort. Kew. ii. 425. — DC. Prodr. i. 674. 



2 Especially M. ovata Cav. Diss. iv. 193, t. — CAv. Diss. t. 105, fig. 1. — Harv. et Sond. Fl. 

 113, fig. 1. — DC. Prodr. i. 638, n. 4. — Rosenth. Cap. n. 146. Often cultivated under the erro- 

 op. cit. 891. — M. emarginaia L'her. G-eraniol. t, neous name of P. roseum. P. vitifolium Ait. 

 41. Qeraniiim emarginatwm L. jr. Suppl. 306. perhaps is a simple variety of this species. 



3 Steud. ex EosENTH. op. cit. 892. — Jenkin- ' Ait. Sort. Sew. ii. 419. — Cav. Diss. t. 103. 

 sonia antidysenterka Eckl. et Zeyh. — Sweet, Getan. t. 299. — Hakv. et Sond. Fl. 



* Ait. Mori. Kew. ii. 426. — Hakv. et Sond. Cap. n. 139. 



Fl. Cap. i. 302, n. 144. ' "> See Guib. op. cit. iii. 571. The essence of 



* Ait, Sort. Kew, ii. 40. — jAca. Collect, iv. Andi'opogon [GrxAimrLeiB), said to be from Qera- 

 184, t. 22. — Feristera anceps, Eckl. et. Zeyh. nimn, must not be confounded with this. 



^ Ait. Sort. Kew. ii. 423. — Cav. Diss. t. 101, " That of G. purpureum is said to prevent 



fig. 1. — L'hee. Geraniol. t. 16. — Eokl. et Zeyh. bugs. 



Kmm. 645.— Hakv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. n. 159.— 12 Ait. Sort. Kew. ii. 418.— DO. Prodr. i. 662. 



P. revolutum. jAca lean. t. 133. —Hakv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 274. - Bot. Mag. t. 



' Ait. Sort. Kew, ed. 2, iv. 161. — DC. Prodr. 1641. — P. millefoliattim Sweet, Geran. t. 220. 



