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GERANIACEÆ. IV 
It is considerably astringent, and is given to cattle when they 
make bloody water, or have the bloody flux, 
Var. B, maritimum ; leaves more shining, as well as more 
fleshy. ©. H. Native of Britain, near the sea in Dorsetshire, 
Selsy Island, Sussex. Flowers deep-crimson. 
Var. y, incisum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 102.) stems shorter, 
more diffuse, and more hairy; leaves more cut and smaller. In 
_ Brazil. 
Var. 6, albiflorum ; flowers white. ©.H. Native of En- 
gland, on rocks near Bristol. G. Bricednum, Sweet, hort. brit. 
Herb Robert or Stinking Crane’s-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Britain. 
Pl. 4 to $ foot. 
75 G. purrv'reum (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 374. t. 40.) hairy ; 
leaves 3-5-parted, with trifid, pinnatifid lobes; petals entire, a 
little longer than the angular, awned calyx ; carpels transversely 
wrinkled ; seeds even, smooth. ¢.H. Native of Dauphiny, 
on rocks. G. Robertidnum #3, purpireum, D. C. prod. 1. p. 
644, Stem ascending. Flowers bright-crimson. Very like the 
preceding, but is easily distinguished by the leaves being 5 times 
smaller ; petals shorter ; carpels with 3 transverse wrinkles each. 
Herb with a strong disagreeable scent. 
Purple Herb-Robert or Crane’s-bill. Clt. 
1819. Pl. + foot. , 
76 G. Mosaur’yse (Goldb. mem. soc. mose. 5. p. 133.) stem 
erect, corymbosely-panicled ; leaves 3-5-parted, with very nar- 
Tow, cuspidate segments; petals entire, longer than the calyx. 
©. H. Native of Russia, in marshes about Moscow. Herb 
with a very faint smell. It differs from G. Robertianum in the 
stem being corymbosely-panicled, erect, not dichotomous, nor 
diffuse, and with the segments of the leaves much narrower, cus- 
pidate, not obtuse. 
Moscow Herb-Robert or Crane’s-bill. 
1 foot. 
77 G. INODÒRUM ; diffuse, hairy; leaves opposite, ternate, 
and quinate, trifidly-pinnatifid; peduncles 2-flowered; pétals 
entire, twice the length of the awned calyx; carpels reticulated. 
$.H. Native of North America, from New York to Virginia, 
m shady moist places on rocks, G. Robertianum, Pursh. fl. 
amer, sept. 2. p. 449. Flowers pale-red. Like the four pre- 
ceding species, but without that strong disagreeable smell. 
Scentless Herb-Robert or Crane’s-bill. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 
1800. P], 4 foot. 
Fl. May, Oct. 
Fl. May, Oct. PI. 
+ Species not well known. 
78 G. ranuncuroives (Burm. ger. no. 4.) peduncles very 
long, 1-flowered ; leaves orbicular, multifid; root tuberous ; 
ranches dichotomous. ¥.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
ope. This species is probably distinct from G. canéscens. 
Crowfoot-like Crane’s-bill. Pl. ; 
‘79 G. Lurtnot pss (Burm. ger. no. 65.) peduncles radical, 
twin, bifid, twice the length of the petioles ; leaves orbicular, cut, 
rwny; lobes linear. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
“ope.—Pluk. t. 186. f. 3. This species comes near to G. ar- 
8enteum, 
Lupine-like Crane’s-bill. Pl. } foot. _ 
a Cult. The hardy, perennial, herbaceous kinds of Geranium 
re mostly beautiful plants, with shewy flowers, of various hues ; 
Ese are well adapted for ornamenting flower-borders ; they 
MU thrive well in any common garden soil, except the G. argén- 
wont the Nipaul species, which should be grown on rock- 
hey or in pots, in order that they may be protected during 
nter. A mixture of loam, peat, and a little sand, will suit 
€se last well. The green-house and frame species will thrive 
on m a mixture of loam and peat, or any light vegetable soil ; 
o mae readily increased by cuttings, planted in the same kind 
K » Or from cuttings of the roots, but the hardy herbaceous, 
L. ILX— PART VIII. 
. Geranium. V. Eropivum. 
Native of the south of France on dry exposed rocks. 
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perennial kinds are to be increased by dividing the plants at 
the root in spring or autumn, and the whole may be increased by 
seeds, which ripeh in abundance. The annual kinds are in 
general not so shewy as the perennial species ; the seeds of them 
only require to be sown in the open border early in spring. 
V. ERO'DIUM (from epwooc, erodios, a heron; form of 
carpels resembling the head and beak). Lher. ger. icon. et text. 
ined. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 838. prod. 1. p. 644. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Pentandria. Calyx of 5 ovate, glan- 
dular, pointed, concave, permanent sepals. Petals 5, regular or 
irregular. Stamens 10, monadelphous at the base, 5 of which 
are fertile, the alternate 5 sterile, with a gland at the base of 
each of the sterile filaments. Awns of carpels bearded on the 
inside, and at length spirally twisted, adhering by their points to 
the top of the style.—Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves various in 
form. Stipulas membranous. Peduncles generally many- 
flowered, very seldom 1-flowered. Every part of the plants, 
when bruised, emit a strong peculiar odour. 
§ 1. 
Leaves pinnate or pinnatifid. 
* Stemless. 
1 E. Tara’ricum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 625.) stemless; pedun- 
cles usually 2-flowered ; leaves pubescent, pinnate; leaflets pin- 
natifid, with linear lobes; rachis naked between the segments; 
petals obovate, twice as long as the calyx. Y%.H. Native of 
Tartary and Ulterior Siberia. Root about the thickness of the 
little finger. Flowers blue or violet. 
Tartarian Heron’s-bill. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 E. supraca‘num (Lher. ger. t. 2.) stemless; peduncles 
2-4-flowered ; leaves hoary above, pinnate, with pinnatifid 
leaflets, and lanceolate-linear lobes; rachis toothed between 
the segments; petals retuse, twice as long as the calyx. %. H. 
Native of Spain near Barcelona on rocks in the mountains. 
Geranium rupéstre, Cav. diss. 4. t. 90. f. 4. Root thick, woody. 
Flowers bluish-purple. 
Hoary-above-leaved Heron’s-bill. P1. { foot. 
3 E. perra'um (Willd. spec. 3. p. 625.) stemless ; peduncles 
many-flowered ; leaves smoothish, pinnate, with pinnatifid seg- 
ments and lanceolate-linear lobes ; rachis toothed between the 
segments; petals retuse, twice as long as the calyx. y. H. 
Gerànium 
petre'um, Gouan. ill. 45. t. 21. f. 1. Cav. diss. 4. p. 224. t. 96. 
f. 2. Gerànium fæ tidum, Park. theatr. 709. E. foe'tidum, Lher. 
ger. ined. no. 6. Leaves smoothish. Peduncles and petioles 
beset with spreading hairs. Flowers purple. , 
Var. ß, crispum (Lapeyr. abr. 390.) leaves more villous, and 
more curled. %. H. Native of the Pyrenees on rocks. 
Var. y, lùcidum (Lapeyr. abr. 390.) leaves smooth. 2. H. 
Native of the Pyrenees on rocks. 
Rock Heron’s-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1640. Pl. 4 foot. 
4 E. eranpuròsuĪm (Willd. spec. 3. p. 628.) stemless ; pe- 
duncles many-flowered ; leaves clothed with glandular pubes- 
cence, pinnate, with bipinnatifid segments and lanceolate linear 
lobes; rachis toothed between the segments ; petals somewhat 
equal, twice the length of the calyx. Y. H. Native of Spain 
and the Pyrenees. E. macradénum, Lher. ger. t. 1. Geranium 
glanduldsum, Cav. diss. 5. t. 125. f. 2. Geranium radicatum, 
Lapeyr. pyr. t 1. Corolla pale-violet ; petals acute, the two 
broadest ones dark-purple at the base, and with branched lines. 
Glandular Heron’s-bill. FI. June, July. Clt. 1798. Pl. 4 ft. 
5 E. TRICHOMANEFÒLIUM (Lher. ined. no. 3. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 645.) stemless ; peduncles 4-flowered ; leaves hairy, rather 
glandular, bipinnate, with oblong-linear lobules ; petals blunt, a 
little longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of mount Libanon. 
Flowers flesh-coloured, and marked with darker lines. 
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