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KEY TO FLORA OF CAPE PENINSULA 
Leaves petiolate. 
Capsule broadly winged, 1 in. or more in diam. Morgsana, Linn. 
Capsule narrowly winged, 2 — 5 Is. in diam. 
Ultimate branches becoming rigid and spiny ; leaflets 2 — 3 Is. long. 
incrustatum, E. Mey. 
Ultimate branches not as above ; leaflets > 4 Is. long. 
Calyx glabrous; capsules subglobose. 
Stipules minute, caducous ; leaflets usually < 7 Is. long. 
Lichtensteinian urn, Cham, and Schl. 
Stipules about 1 1. long ; leaflets usually 1 in. or more long. 
foetidum, Schrad. and Wendl. 
GERANIACEAE 
Carpels adhering to a beak-like receptacle and separating at maturity, 
1-ovuled. 
Corolla regular; nectary not decurrent on the pedicel. 
Stipules pungent ; peduncles 1-fld. ; stamens 15. Monsonia, Linn. 
Stipules not pungent ; peduncles > 1 -fld. ; stamens <15. 
Stamens 10, all fertile. 
Stamens 10, 5 fertile. 
Corolla irregular ; nectary decurrent on the pedicel. 
Carpels not as above, usually > 1-ovuled. 
Geranium, Linn. 
Erodium, Lher. 
Pelargonium, Lher. 
Oxalis, Linn. 
Monsonia 
ovata, Cav. 
Geranium 
Leaf-segments linear or oblong. 
Sepals pubescent with silvery appressed hairs. incanum, Linn. 
Sepals pubescent with spreading glandular hairs. dissectum, Linn. 
Leaf-segments ovate or deltoid. ornithopodum, E. and Z. 
Erodium 
Leaves cordate-ovate, not cut to the mid-rib. 
Leaves oblong, cut to the mid-rib into distinct leaflets. 
malachoides, Willd. 
moschatum, Willd. 
Pelargonium 
Roots tuberous, usually covered with rigid tunics. 
Stems not appearing above ground ; leaves usually < 
Petals 5. 
Leaves usually pinnately compound, the leaflets 
nate, often petiolulate. 
3 in. wide. 
subopposite or alter- 
