. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 334 GERANIACE^. [part. Fig. -Seed-vessel of a Pelargo- nium. The shape of the unripe seed-vessel, with its persistent calyx, is shown at c, and a detached seed at ^. No plant hybridises more freely than the Pelargonium; and thus, the number of new kinds raised every year defies all description, and they have been so mixed and inter- mixed with each other, that it is not easy to say to what species the most splendid hybrids are allied.
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 334 GERANIACE^. [part. Fig. -Seed-vessel of a Pelargo- nium. The shape of the unripe seed-vessel, with its persistent calyx, is shown at c, and a detached seed at ^. No plant hybridises more freely than the Pelargonium; and thus, the number of new kinds raised every year defies all description, and they have been so mixed and inter- mixed with each other, that it is not easy to say to what species the most splendid hybrids are allied. A few species, however, remain nearly unchanged, and the best known of these are P. zonale, the Horse- shoe Geranium; P. inquinans, the common scarlet, the juice of the leaves of which is said to stain the fingers brown ; P. graveolens^ and P. capitatum^ the rose-scented Geraniums, and P. tricolor. All the Pelargoniums have their flowers in heads or umbels; and the calyx in all of them remains on till the seeds are ripe. The seed-vessel, or fruit, as it is called by bota- nists, is long and pointed, forming some resem- blance to the head of a stork; the ovary shrouded in the persistent calyx, representing the head. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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