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and the flowers are usually in simple um- 

 bels with an involucre at the base ; the 

 calyx is five-parted, the upper segment 

 having a spur which is adnate to the pedi- 

 cel ; corolla of five petals (sometimes four 

 or two), more or less irregular , stamens 

 ten, four to seven only with anthers ; 

 beaks of thefruit (styles) hairy inside, and 

 spirally twisred when mature. Pelargo- 

 nium "is divided into the following sub- 

 genera : — 



Hoarea : stemless with tuberous roots ; 

 petals five or four 



Seymouria: stemless, with tuberous 

 roots ; petals only two. 



Polyactium : caulescent, with tuberous 

 roots ; leaves lobed, or pinnately decom- 

 pound ; umbels many-flowered ; petals sub- 

 equal obovate, entire, or flmbriato-lacerate. 

 Otidia: stem succulent and knobby; 

 leaves fleshy, pinnately or bipinnately 

 compound; petals subequal, the upper 

 eared at the base ; stamens five. 



Ligularia: stem either succulent or 

 slender and branching ; leaves rarely en- 

 tire, mostly much cut or piDnately decom- 

 pound ; petals subunequal, spathulate, the 

 uppermost tapering at the base ; stamens 

 seven. 



Jenkinsonia : shrubby or succulent ; 

 leaves palmately nerved or lobed ; two 

 upper petals on long claws, very much 

 larger than the lower , stamens seven. 



Myrrhidium : slender suffruticose or an- 

 nual ; leaves pinnatifid or pinnatisect ; 

 petals four (rarely five), two upper largest ; 

 calyx-segments membranous, strongly- 

 j ribbed, and mucronate or taper-pointed ; 

 stamens five, rarely seven. 

 Perietera : herbaceous diffuse, annual or 

 ' perennial ; leaves lobed or pinnatifid ; flow- 

 ; ers minute ; petals scarcely longer than 

 : the calyx. (Habit of Geranium or Ero- 

 \ dium.) 



Campylia : stem short, subsimple ; leaves 

 I on long petioles, undivided entire or 

 ; toothed; stipules membranous; flowers 

 | on long pedicels ; two upper petals broadly 

 ', obovate, three lower narrow ; fertile sta- 

 ! mens five, two of the sterile ones recurved. 

 1 Dibrachya : much-branched, with weak- 

 jointed stems ; leaves peltate or cordate- 

 lobed, fleshy; petals obovate; stamens 

 j seven, the two upper very short. (The 



ivy-leaved race.) 

 j Eumorpha : slender, suffruticose, or her- 

 : baceous ; leaves on long petioles, palmately 

 i five to seven-nerved, reniform, lobed or 

 i pinnatifid ; petals unequal, the two upper 

 j broad; stamens seven, 

 j Glaucophyllum : shrubby ; leaves car- 

 nose, simple or ternately compound, the 

 lamina articulated to the petiole; stamens 

 seven. 



Giconium : shrubby, with carnose bran- 

 ches ; leaves either obovate or cordate- 

 reniform, palmately many-nerved, undi- 

 vided ; petals all of one colour, scarlet, 

 pink, or white ; stamens seven, two upper 

 very short. 



Cortufdna : caudex short, thick and 

 fleshy; branches (if present) slender and 

 half herbaceous ; leaves reniform or cor- 



date, lobulate, on long petioles ; petals sub- 

 equal, two upper broadest , stamens six or 

 seven. 



Pelargium : much-branched shrubs or 

 subshrubs, not fleshy; leaves entire or 

 lobed (never pinnati partite) ; stipules free ; 

 inflorescence frequently panicled, the par- 

 tial peduncles umbelled ; two upper petals 

 longer and broader than the lower; sta- 

 mens seven. [J. T. S.] 



PELEGRLNE. (Fr.) Alstrdmeria. 



PELEXIA. A small tropical American 

 genus of terrestrial Orchids, belonging to 

 the Xeottece, and scarcely different from 

 Stenorhynclius, except in having a mem- 

 branous rostellum, and in the lateral sepals 

 and lip being combined into a more con- 

 spicuous horn. [A. SJ 



PELICAN-FLOWER. Aristolochia gran- 

 diflora. 



PELIJP/RREE. An Indian name for the 

 root of Thalictrum foliolosum. 



PELIOS. In Greek conipounds= livid. 



PELIOSANTHES. A genus of Liliacece, 

 of the section Ophiopogonew, from India. 

 They have creeping rhizomes, with long- 

 stalked oblong-lanceolate plicate radical 

 leaves, and erect scapes with compact 

 bracteated racemes or panicles of greenish 

 flowers. The perianth is adherent to the 

 ovary at the base, with a six-cleft rotate 

 limb, and an annular crown at the throat : 

 stamens six, with almost sessile anthers ; 

 seeds one to three, naked by the rupture 

 of the ovary. [J. T S.] 



PELL^EA. Platyloma. 



PELL-A-MOUNTAIN". Thymus Serpyl- 

 lum. 



PELLETIERA. A genus of primworts, 

 having the calyx five-parted ; the corolla 

 in three divisions, much shorter than the 

 calyx ; stamens three, inserted at the base 

 of the corolla ; and the seed-vessel round, 

 two to three-valved, the seeds two. The 

 only species is a small Brazilian herb, with 

 a quadrangular stem, the leaves opposite, 

 with solitary white flowers in the axils of 

 the leaves. [G. D.] 



PELLIA. A genus of frondose Junger- 

 manniacece, belonging to the tribe Haplo- 

 Imnece, in which it is distinguished by its 

 i dorsal fruit, and elaters which do not ad- 

 j here to the tips of its valves. P. epiphylla 

 is one of our commonest liverworts, grow- 

 ing on the margins of ponds, on the walls 

 of wells, under bridges, or in other shady 

 places. Some species of Aneura resemble 

 it in habitat, but they have more divided 

 and irregular ribless fronds. [M. J. B.] 



PELLITORY. Pyrethrum Parthenium , 

 al so Parietaria. —OF SPAIN". Anacyclus 

 Pyrethrum. — OF THE WALL. Parie- 

 taria officinalis. 



PELLITUS. Skinned; deprived of skin, 

 or seeming to be so. 



PELORIA. A return from habitual irre- 



