GERANIUM FAMILY 141 
1—2-flowered axillary peduncles. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 
10, ripening in 2 sets. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-beaked; stigmas 5. 
1. G. maculatum L. Witp Crane’s-Brrt, Witp GERANIUM. 
Perennial, with an erect, hairy stem, 12-18 in. high. Leaves about 
5-parted, marked with pale blotches, the basal leaves long-petioled. 
Flowers large (1 in. or more in diameter), light purple, somewhat 
corymbed. Petals entire, twice as long as the calyx, the claw bearded. 
Open woods and thickets; common. 
2. G. Robertianum L. Hers Ropert. Annual or biennial. Stems 
somewhat hairy, weak and spreading, reddish. Leaves of 5 leaflets, 
the latter once or twice pinnately cut, long-petioled. Flowers light 
purple, about + in. in diameter, streaked with dark and light red. 
Claws of petals smooth. Damp woods and ravines E. 
II. PELARGONIUM L’Her. 
Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves with stipules, scented. 
Flowers much as in the preceding genus, but one of the sepals 
hollowed out below into a nectar-bearing tube extending down 
the pedicel. The 2 upper petals different in size or shape from 
the other 3. Cultivated from the Cape of Good Hope. [Most 
of the species are commonly, though not quite correctly, called 
“ geraniums.” Only a few of the commonest are here described. ] 
1. P. peltatum Ait. Ivy Geranrum. Stems somewhat prostrate and 
trailing. Leaves somewhat peltate, smooth or nearly so. Flowers 
pink or white. 
2. P. zonale Willd. Horsesuor Geranium. Stem erect, widely 
branched, woody below. Leaves alternate, opposite or sometimes in 
threes, round or kidney-shaped, palmately veined, crenate, downy, 
usually with a dark zone near the middle. Flowers in a long pedun- 
cled umbel, showy, red or white, often double. Numberless varieties 
in cultivation. 
3. P. graveolens Ait. Ros— GERANIUM. Stem erect or ascending, 
densely downy, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves alternate, palmately lobed or 
divided, the lobes often finely dissected, rolled under at the edges. 
Flowers umbeled, small, light purple with darker veins; whole 
plant very fragrant. Common in cultivation. 
4. P. odoratissimum Ait. NutTmEG Geranium. Branches crooked 
and straggling from a very short, moderately stout main stem. Leaves 
small, roundish and scalloped, covered with velvety down, very fra- 
grant. Flowers white, inconspicuous, on short pedicels the petals 
hardly longer than the calyx. 
