430 XXXII. GEKANiACE^. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Geranium. 



segments cuneate obtusely 3^5-lobed, stipules smaH ovate acute, i pedicels 

 appressed-pubescent or glandular-hairy, sepals shortly awned, filaments 

 ciliate at the base. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 874. G. multifidum, Don Prodr. 207. 

 G. Donianum, Wall. Cat. 8665 ; Sweet Geran. sub tab. 338. 



Western Tibet, Zanskae, Piti, andKuNAWEK, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Jacquemont, &c.; 

 Kashmir, Falconer; Nipal, Wallich; Gakwhal, 9-11,000 ft., Edgeworth; inner 

 vallevB of SiKKiM Himalaya, /. V. M — Distkib. Affghanistan, Siberia, S. Russia. 



In its common Tibetan form this is a short hoary-pubescent or glaadular species, with' 

 many subsimple flowering stems, 6-10 in. high, orbicular (not angled) leaves, with 

 obtusely cut often slender lobes, slender peduncles and pedicels, and large flowers. 

 — Aflghanistan specimens are taller, more slender, and branched. 



■ 6 G. ? palustre, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. L 642 ; rather tall, tmbescent or 

 hairy, leaves pentagonal palmately 5-lobed lobes rhomboid acute pen- 

 natifidly incised, stipules subulate-lanceolate, peduncles long glandular- 

 hairy, sepals awned, petals obovate rounded at the tip. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 

 874. G. grandiflorum, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Hoc. xx. 42. 



Kashmir, Falconer; Kdmaoh, at Mana, alt. 9-11,000 ft., Fdgeworth. — Distkib. 

 Siberia, Caucasus, Mid. and N. Europe. 



Very similar to large states of G. coUmum, but the flowers are larger, nearly 2 in. 

 diam., and leaves pentagonal in outline from their segments being more produced. 

 The identification with G. palustre is doubtful. 



7. G. Wallichianum, Sweet Geran. t. 90 ; BC. Prodr. i. 641 ; tall, 

 robust, much branched, leaves 6-gonal deeply 3-5-lobed segments rhomboid 

 acuminate incised, stipules very large broadly oblong or almost rounded 

 obtuse, bracts large, pedicels long, sepals long-awned, filaments ciliate at 

 the base. Wiffht Jc. t. 324 ; Wall. Gat. 8558; Don Prodr. 208. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 7-1 ] ,000 ft., from Nipal, Wallich, to Marri, Flemivg. 



More or less pilose or villous with spreading or reflexed hairs, which ai'e rarely glan- 

 dular. Leaves 3-4 in. broad, segments acutely cut ; stipules ^-1 in. long, very broad. 

 Bracts usually 4, linear-oblong, Jin. long, obtuse, acute nr acuminate. Flowers 1^-2 in. 

 diam. Petals obovate, retuse. Filaments suddenly dilated at the base. Carpels 

 pilose. Seeds smooth. — The very large solitary stipules best distinguish this species. 



8. Cr, arevUIeanum, Wall. Cat. 8569 ; PI. As. Bar. iii. t. 209 : robust 

 or slender, hairy and glandular, branched, leaves 6-gonal 5-7-lobea below 

 the middle segments rhomboid acute or acuminate incised, stipules 2-fid or 

 in pairs ovate acuminate, pedicels long slender, sepals long-awned, filaments 

 villous with long hairs. G. eriostemon, Don Prodr, 208, not of Fischer. 

 ? G. Lamberti, Sweet Geran. t. 338 G. Backhousianum, Begel. Descript- 

 Plant. Ncv. 1873, 32. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 8-11,000 ft , from Kumaon to Sikkim. 



A tall branched species, resembling Q. WaUichianvm, but distinguished by the bifid 

 or bipartite stipules and very villous filaments ; it varies much in pubescence and 

 glandular often reflexed hairs, being sometimes almost villous or velvety. Pedunclea 

 and pedicels slender, clothed with spreading glandular hairs ; bracts linear, slender. 

 Flowers 1-1 4 in. diam, Petals obovate, tip rounded or retuse, hairy at the base, rose- 

 coloured, or very pale with a purplish eye (in Sikkim specimens). Filaments gradually 

 narrowed upwards. Carpels pilose. Seeds smooth. 



** Flowers less than an inch in diameter (see also 14, G. rotundifoUum). 



9. G. nepalense, Sweet Geran. t. 12 ; slender, diffuse, much branched, 

 hairy or villous, eglandular, leaves e-^onal deeply 3-6-lobed or -partite 

 upper sessile segments rhomboid incised, stipules subulate-lanceolate, 

 peduncles slender 1-2-fid, sepals shortly awned almost equalling the entire 



