GEEANTACE^E. 



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glands at the base of the stamens ; seed-vessels five, awned, one- 

 seeded. 



Named from a Greek word signifying heron's hill, which 

 the seed-vessel somewhat resembles. E. incarnatum, from 

 the Cape, has a flesh-coloured flower, and is worthy of a place 

 in the greenhouse, flowering from May to July ; Reichardi, 

 with white flowers; crassifolium, a native of Cyprus, and 

 laciniatnm, of Crete, have lilac flowers. 



PELARGONIUM. 



Gen. Char. (Monadelpkia Heptandria.) Calyx five-parted, the 

 upper segment ending in a nectariferous tube running down the 

 peduncle ; corolla five-petaled, irregular. 



Named from the Greek for stork, in allusion to the shape 

 of the fruit. This noble genus of plants is almost entirely 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, and greatly we are indebted 

 to that locality for plants which render our greenhouses and 

 rooms so gay for many months in the year : they are easily 

 cultivated and increased, and are made to bear their beau- 

 tiful blossoms with very little trouble to those who possess 

 a greenhouse. Don, in his catalogue of plants cultivated 

 in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, enumerates more than 



