. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. GeraniacecB— Geranhini. 1. G. variable, with or without albumen. There are 16 genera and about 750 species, found in nearly all parts of the world, but especially numerous in South Africa. 1. GERANIUM. / Herbs, rarely shrubby, stems often tumid at the joints. Leaves opposite or alternate, bistipulate, dentate, palmately or rarely pinnately
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. GeraniacecB— Geranhini. 1. G. variable, with or without albumen. There are 16 genera and about 750 species, found in nearly all parts of the world, but especially numerous in South Africa. 1. GERANIUM. / Herbs, rarely shrubby, stems often tumid at the joints. Leaves opposite or alternate, bistipulate, dentate, palmately or rarely pinnately lobed or dissected. Peduncles axillary, 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers regular. Sepals and petals imbricate in bud. Stamens usually 10, of which 5 are sometimes imperfect. Carpels 5, separating from the axis below and curled upwards ; seeds 1 in each carpel. There are about 100 species, very widely distributed. About twelve are natives of Britain. G. Robertiamim is perhaps the commonest. It is an erect foetid plant with reddish stems, much divided leaves, and small striped red flowers. The name ia derived from yspavos, a crane, from the beak-like termination of the fruit —hence the Eng- lish name, Cranesbill. -An indigenous perennial species from 1 to 2 feet high. Stems geniculate. Leaves pilose, orbicular, 5- to 7-par- tite, lobes again divided into 3 or 5 narrow segments. Sepals awned. Peduncles usually 1-flowered. Flowers about 1^ inch in diameter, reddish purple. A very handsome species. There is also a distinct \ariety of more prostrate habit with pinkish flowers ; it is the G. Lan- viisiriPiifie of gardens. 2. G. pi at HP fit alum (fig. 57).—A Caucasian species. This is allied to si/Ivoticuni, a handsome native spe- cies having clusters of purplish flowers. It is a very hairy plant, bearing a profusion of violet-blue flowers. This is sometimes grown vuider the name Ibh'icum, which is a xQvj similar plant, and of which it may lie a simple variety. 3. G. striatum.—A very
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