. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. See Fig. Plant weak and us^(aU^/ tralUnq, the branches slender aud not sneei(tent: Irs. flesJii/ andglosstf, lohedf wanjinal/y peUatf : inflorescence nmhiUate : good stamens 7, ^ upper shorter. (Pihrachya.) Ivy-Leaved Geraniums. 4. peltitum, Ait. (P. scutdfum, Sv^eet. P. ke
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. See Fig. Plant weak and us^(aU^/ tralUnq, the branches slender aud not sneei(tent: Irs. flesJii/ andglosstf, lohedf wanjinal/y peUatf : inflorescence nmhiUate : good stamens 7, ^ upper shorter. (Pihrachya.) Ivy-Leaved Geraniums. 4. peltitum, Ait. (P. scutdfum, Sv^eet. P. kedercefd-liumy Hort.). Fig. 1702. Plant with slender-jointed,more or less zigzag stems which are glabrous or verynearly so (except at the top): Ivs. glabrous or minutelypubescent, fleshy, the petiole inserted just inside themargin at the base, about 5-nerved, with about .5 shortwide, mostly obtuse main lobes and often with smallerminor lobes or angles and notches: peduncle very long,originally 4-8-fld., but now bearing many greatly modi-fied fls., the calyx-tube slender and stalk-like and oftenlonger than the pedicel and 2-3 times longer than the pointed nerved and mostly ciliate lobes, petals twice aslong as calyx-lobes, red to white or purplish, the 2upper ones erect and purple-blotched or striped, the 3.
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