XVIII. GERANIACEiE 
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1. Geranium Wallichianum, Sweet ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 430. 
Perennial, hairy ; rootstock thick. Stems robust, 1-4 ft., erect. 
Leaves orbicular, 2-5 in. across, palmately 3-5-lobed ; segments 
wedge-shaped, pointed, acutely and irregularly toothed ; stipules 
oblong-ovate, J— 1 in. Flowers blue-purple, l|-2 in. diam. Sepals 
abruptly long-pointed. Petals slightly notched, claw hairy. 
Simla, common; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-11,000 ft. 
Resembles the British G. pratense which occurs on the Chor and higher 
ranges ; distinguished from it by the 7-9-lobed leaves and linear-lanceolate 
stipules. 
2. Geranium nepalense, Sweet , FI. Br. Ind. i. 430. Perennial 
pubescent or softly hairy. Stems prostrate, diffuse, 6-18 in., 
branches rooting at the joints. Leaves orbicular, l|-3 in. across, 
palmately 3-5-lobed ; segments equal or nearly so, irregularly 
lobed and toothed ; stipules narrowly lanceolate, ^ in. Flowers 
pale purple, f in. diam. Sepals acute, shortly pointed. Petals 
slightly notched. (Fig. 22.) 
Simla, common ; May-September.— Temperate Himalaya, 5000-9000 ft.— 
China, Japan. 
