494 PELARGONIUM. 
Root-leaves many, decumbent in a ring, with a few 
fmaller that are upright, about five inches in length, ob¬ 
long, of a dulky-green colour, almoft fmooth, appearing 
ciliate at the edge when examined by a magnifier; hav¬ 
ing fomething of a turpentine fmell. Peduncles two 
inches long, thickifh, about feven in number, fomewhat 
hairy, red ; petals fomewhat wedge-fhaped ; the two up¬ 
per ones three times as wide as the others, and having 
branched red veins ; all pale the firft day, but afterwards 
flefh-coloured, expanded in the day-time, but contracted 
and (hut at night; antherse fcarlet; germ filky; ftigma 
purple. It flowers in March and April. 
58. Pelargonium barbatum, or bearded ftork’s-bill : 
ftemlefs; root rapaceous. Ample; leaves pinnate; pin- 
nas pinnatifid, lanceolate-linear, acute, bearded at the tip ; 
five filaments fertile. Refembles the preceding. 
59. Pelargonium melananthon,ordark-flowered ftork’s- 
bill : ftemlefs ; root rapaceous, Ample ; leaves pinnate, 
fomewhat hifpid ; pinnas lobe-gaftied, blunt; five fila¬ 
ments fertile. Flowers in April and May. 
60. Pelargonium triphyllum, or three-leaved ftork’s- 
bill : ftemlefs; root rapaceous, fimple ; leaves ternate, 
crenate, fmooth ; five filaments fertile. Root the length 
and thicknefs of a finger, brown, perennial. Petals wedge- 
ihaped, blunt, upright at bottom, and thence fpreading 
very wide, rofe-coloured, a little longer than the calyx ; 
the two upper ones with blood-red dots below ; ftyle and 
ftigma of a very dark blood-red colour. It flowers in 
April. 
61. Pelargonium heterophyllum, or various-leaved 
ftork’s-bill : ftemlefs ; root rapaceous, fimple; leaves 
ternate and entire, fmooth, ciliate ; leaflets often lobed ; 
five filaments fertile. Root two inches long, black, pe¬ 
rennial ; root-leaves feveral, in a ring. It flowers in 
March and April, and when bruifed has the fmell of 
turpentine. Jacquin fufpedts that it may perhaps be only 
a variety of P. hirfutum, N° 1. 
62. Pelargonium nervifolium, or nerve-leaved ftork’s- 
bill : ftemlefs; root rapaceous, fimple; leaves ternate, 
three-lobed, and entire, many-nerved, fmooth, prickly- 
ciliate at the edge; five filaments fertile. It flowers in 
March and April, and when bruifed has a little fmell of 
turpentine. 
63. Pelargonium longifolium, or long-leaved ftork’s- 
bill : ftemlefs; root rapaceous, fimple ; leaves lanceolate, 
acute, fmooth, the older ones often pinnate; four fila¬ 
ments fertile. Root roundifn, an inch in length, brown, 
perennial. Style and ftigma red. It flowers in March 
and April. 
64. Pelargonium ciliatum, or ciliated ftork’s-bill: ftem¬ 
lefs ; root rapaceous, fubfirnple ; leaves lanceolate, acute 
at both ends, ciliate, fmooth underneath, hairy above, 
often appendicled ; five filaments fertile. Root brown, 
three inches long, perennial. Leaves lanceolate, quite 
entire, about three inches long. It flowers in May. 
65. Pelargonium deprelfum : or flat-umbelled ftork’s- 
bill : ftemlefs; root rapaceous, fimple; leaves narrow, 
lanceolate, acute, fmooth ; umbels finely deprefl'ed, 
fmooth ; four filaments fertile. It flowers in March and 
April. 
66. Pelargonium longiflorum, or long-flowered ftork’s- 
bill : ftemlefs ; root rapaceous, fimple ; leaves lanceolate, 
acute, fmoothilh ; petals very long; four filaments fer¬ 
tile. It flowers in May. 
All the above fpecies, from N° 57 inclufive, are na¬ 
tives of the Cape of Good Hope, and belong to the firft 
fefifion. 
67. Pelargonium chamasdryfolium, orgermander-leaved 
ftork’s-bill : peduncles one or two flowered ; Items her¬ 
baceous, decumbent; leaves oblong, blunt, ferrate, vil- 
lofe; five filaments fertile. Root branching, annual. 
The whole plant villofe, and fmelling rather difagreeably. 
Stems feveral, branched, diffufed, from fix to ten inches 
in length, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill at the bafe, 
round, jointed, knobbed, in the primary divifions dicho¬ 
tomous, more or lefts of a dufky-purple. Leaves petioled, 
oppofite, entire, thickifh, hoary green, the largeft fcarcely 
an inch long, but moft of them only half that length. 
Flowers very fmall; calyx green, and fomewhat rough¬ 
haired ; antherse yellow; ftigma five-cleft, purple. Seed 
hirfute; the tail half an inch long, and bearded. 
68. Pelargonium trichoftemon, or hairy-ftamened 
ftork’s-bill: peduncles few-flowered; leaves roundifh- 
ovate, bluntly ferrate, velvety ; ftem biennial, almoft ere< 5 t; 
filaments hirfute, five fertile. Root branched, biennial. 
Stem branching from the very bottom, fo that it appears 
to be many-ftemmed; the thicknefs of a reed, round, a foot 
high, when young very foft and like velvet, as are all'o 
the other parts of the plant. Leaves fcatfered, blunt, 
nerved and veined, flat, except that they are often a little 
waved at the ferratures, thickifh, fomewhat hoary on 
both fides, an inch or an inch and a half in lengrhl It 
flowers in March and the following months. 
69. Pelargonium coronopifolium, or buck’s-horn-plan- 
tain-ieaved ftork’s-bill : peduncles two-flowered ; leaves 
lanceolate-linear, tooth-ferrate, fmooth above, fomewhat 
rough-haired underneath. Root branching, the thick¬ 
nefs of a reed, brown, long. Stems few, procumbent, 
half a foot high, round, perennial, more (lender by half 
than a reed, covered with the imbricate permanent brown 
ftipules of fallen leaves. Peduncles oppofite to the leaves, 
ereft, villofe, foft, three inches long, the lowed umbelled, 
two-flowered, the reft three - flowered. Petals blunt, 
fpreading very much, white at the claws, the reft purple ; 
anthers tawny red ; ftigma fmooth, purple. The little 
fmell it has is unpleafant. It flowers in June and July. 
There is a variety which has fmaller flowers, with the 
claw of the two upper petals white, and crowned with a 
deep-red band: all the leaves are linear-lanceolate, and 
gafh-ferrate almoft their whole length. 
70. Pelargonium bullatum, or bladder-leaved ftork’s- 
bill : peduncles two-flowered ; corollas four-petalled ; 
ftem biennial; leaves ternate, pinnatifidly lobed, fome¬ 
what hifpid on both fides; five filaments fertile. Stem 
round, the thicknefs of a reed, dufky, dividing into fe¬ 
veral branches a foot and a half long, appearing villofe 
in the magnifier, but neither hairy nor hirfute. Petals 
always four, very pale purple or fleth-colour, twice as long 
as the calyx; antherse fcarlet; ftigma blood-red. It 
flowers in thefummer, and when rubbed has an unplea¬ 
fant fmell. 
71. Pelargonium betonicum, or betony-leaved ftork’s- 
bill : peduncles few-flowered; corollas four-petalled, 
feldom fi ve-petalled; ftem biennial; leaves pinnatifidly 
lobed, fomewhat rough haired; five filaments fertile. 
Root brown, round, the thicknefs of a reed, biennial. 
Stems feveral, branched, herbaceous, round, attaining the 
height of eighteen inches. Awn of the feed feathered, 
and two inches long. It flowers in fummer; has but 
little fmell; and is rough-haired all over. 
72. Pelargonium lacerum, or jagged-leaved ftork’s-bil! : 
peduncles five-flowered ; corollas five-petalled ; ftem bi¬ 
ennial, hairy ; leaves pinnate-lobed, gaftied ; five filaments 
fertile. Stem herbaceous, round, procumbent or almoft 
ereft, the thicknefs of a reed, a foot and a half high, 
branched, blood-red next the fun. It flowers from May 
to July, and has an unpleafant fmell. 
73. Pelargonium longicaule, or long-ftalked ftork’s- 
bill : peduncles from one to five flowered ; corollas four- 
petalled, feldom five-petalled; ftem biennial, hirfute ; 
leaves pinnate-lobed ; feven filaments fertile. Stems fe¬ 
veral, herbaceous, at moft the thicknefs of a reed at bot¬ 
tom, round, often jointed and knobbed, dulky purple, 
wholly procumbent, and clofely hirfute with white hairs ; 
three feet high, branched. It refembles the preceding 
very much; but it has very feldom five petals, and has 
always feven fertile filaments. It flowers from May to 
July ; and has a difagreeable fmell. 
74. Pelargonium multicaule, or many-ftalked ftork’s- 
bill : peduncles five-flowered or thereabouts; corollas 
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