722 
Maiden-hair-leaved Heron’s-bill. P1. 3 foot. 
6 E. pre'cox (Cav. diss. 5. t. 126. f. 2.) stemless; peduncles 
2-flowered; leaves pinnate, with oblong, obtuse, unequally- 
toothed leaflets, clothed with white hairs all over. Y%.H. Na- 
tive of Spain between Aranjuez and Lake Antigola. E. cicu- 
tàrium a pre‘cox, D. C. prod. 1. p. 646. Flowers rose-coloured, 
with darker lines at the base. This species comes very near 
E. pimpinellefolium, but differs in being without the stem, as 
well as in being clothed with white hairs. 
Early Heron’s-bill. Pl. 5 foot. 
** Species almost without stems. 
7 E. Curysa’nruum (Lher. ined. no. 2. D.C. prod. 1. p. 
645.) almost stemless ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; leaves clothed 
with close-pressed silky down, bipinnate, with linear lobules ; 
petals roundish, longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of mount 
Parnassus, and probably of mount Olympus. E. absinthioides, 
Smith, fl. græc. t. 652. ex prod. 2. p. 34. A very distinct spe- 
cies, with yellow flowers. l 
Yellow-flowered Heron’s-bill. Pl. 4 foot. 
8 E. Romanum (Willd. spec. 1. p. 630.) almost stemless ; 
leaves pinnate, with ovate pinnatifid leaflets ; peduncles many- 
flowered ; petals equal, longer than the calyx. %.H. Native 
of Montpelier and Italy, by way-sides. Geranium Romanun, Lin. 
spec. 951. Cav. diss. 4. t. 94. f. 2.—Barrel. icon. rar. t. 1245. 
Root thick, red within. Flowers purple. Resembles Æ. cicu- 
tarium. 
Roman Heron’s-bill. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1724. Pl. 3 foot. 
9 E. caucariròLIum (Sweet, ger. t. 6.) stemless; peduncles 
many-flowered; leaves pinnate; leaflets alternate, on short 
stalks, pinnatifid, or deeply toothed; common petiole naked, 
hairy; petals ovate, obtuse, densely-ciliated at the base, twice 
the length of the calyx. Y.H. Native of France. E. alpí- 
num, Desf. hort. par. Root tuberous. Flowers rose-coloured, 
with a blue centre. Resembles E. Romanum. 
Caucalus-leaved Heron’s-bill. Fl. May, Oct. 
Pl. 3 foot. 
10 E. cicurzrdiium (Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 347.) almost 
stemless ; leaves pinnate, with sessile, oblong, bluntly-cut leaf- 
lets; rachis toothed between the leaflets ; petals length of calyx, 
2 of which are somewhat emarginate. ©.H. Native of France 
in dry exposed places. E. cicutarium e, cicutefdlium, D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 647. Flowers pale-red or rose-coloured. 
Cicuta-leaved Heron’s-bill. Fl. Ap. Sept. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 ft. 
*** Stems prostrate or procumbent. 
11 E. cicutarium (Leman, ind. D, C. fl. fr. 4. p. 840.) 
stem procumbent, hairy ; leaves pinnate, with sessile pinnatifid- 
cut leaflets; peduncles many-flowered ; petals nearly regular. 
©. H. Native throughout the whole of Europe, north of 
Africa, and the Levant, in waste ground, and among rubbish ; 
plentiful in Britain; also about Conception in Chili, Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 1768. Geranium cicutarium, Lin. spec. 951. Curt. 
fl. lond. fase. 1. t. 51. Petals rose-coloured, with 3 dark lines 
at the base, nearly regular. Awns of carpels smooth. 
Var. B, album ; stem prostrate, hairy ; flowers white ; petals 
unequal. ©.H. Native of Britain by the sea-side, in barren 
sandy places. 
Var. y, pimpinellæfòlium; flowers rose-coloured, with 2 or 3 
of the petals marked with a green depression towards the claw, 
but this circumstance is extremely variable. ©.H. Native of 
England, near Hackney, about Oxford. On sandy ground near 
the sea, or on chalky ground. 
Var. £, cherophyllum (Cav. diss. 4. t. 95. f. 1.) plant many- 
stemmed, rather prostrate ; leaflets finely pinnatifid ; flowers pale- 
blue ; petals rather unequal. ©. H. Native of Europe in dry 
stony places. Awns of carpels bearded. 
1 
Clt. 1816. 
GERANIACES. V. Eropium. 
Var. ¢, pilòsum (Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 347.) plant many- 
stemmed, rather prostrate, clothed with long hairs ; leaflets finely 
pinnatifid; flowers deep-purple. ©. H. Native of Europe, in 
sandy places. 
Hemlock Heron’s-bill. Fl. June, Oct. Britain. Pl. prostrate. 
12 E. PIMPINELLÆFÒLIUM (Cav. diss. 4. t. 126. f. 1.) stem 
decumbent, rather pilose, at length rather erect; leaves on long 
petioles, pinnate; leaflets sessile, pinnatifid, acutely-cut ; pe- 
duncles many-fiowered ; petals hardly longer than the calyx. 
$.H. Native of France and Germany in barren places. Ge- 
ranium cicutarium p, pimpinellefolium, D. C. prod. 1. p. 646. 
Flowers purple. This species is very like Æ. cicutarium, but 
differs in the cotyledons being cordate, undivided, not 8-lobed, 
as well as the leaflets being broader at the base, and in the petals 
being smaller, or equal in length to the calyx, not longer. 
Pimpernell-leaved Heron’s-bill. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1800. 
Pl. decumbent. 
13 E. srernna‘tum (Cav. diss. 5. t. 126. f. 3.) stem diffuse, 
decumbent, smooth; leaves pinnate, with deeply -bipinnatifid leaf- 
lets, divided into linear lobes ; peduncles 2-flowered ; petals un- 
equal. ©. H. Native of Numidia in sandy places. G. Nu- 
midicum, Poir. barb. 2. p. 101. ŒE. Petroselinum, Lher. diss. 
no. 9, Geranium Hthidpicum, Lam. dict. 2. p. 655. E. cicu- 
tarium var. Z, bipinnatum, D. C. prod. 1. p. 647. Flowers rose- 
coloured. This species differs from Æ. cicutdrium, in the stems 
being smooth, as well as in the leaflets being divided into very 
narrow lobes. 
Bipinnate-leaved Heron’s-bill. Clt. 1803. 
Pl. decumbent. 
14 E. nrsripum (Presl. fl. cech. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. .) stem 
prostrate, clothed with retrograde bristles ; leaves bipinnatifid, 
hoary from pubescence on both surfaces ; segments linear, acute ; 
stipulas ovate, scarious ; peduncles many-flowered ; petals about 
equal in length with the calyx. © ? H. Native of Sicily. Ge- 
ranium lacinidtum, Biv. pl. sic. Flowers blue ? 
. Hispid-stemmed Heron’s-bill. Fl. June, July. Pl. prostrate. 
15 E. moscua‘rum (Willd. spec. 3. p. 631.) stem procumbent, 
hairy ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets nearly sessile, elliptical, unequally 
cut; peduncles many-flowered, clothed with glandular pubes- 
cence; perfect stamens toothed at the base. 
Europe, north of Africa, also of Peru, and at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in mountainous pastures. In Britain between Bristol an 
St. Vincent’s rocks; very common in Craven, Yorkshire ; eN 
Shotover hill, near Oxford; on Ampthill Warren, Bedford- 
shire. Smith, engl. bot. t. 902. Geranium moschàtum, fin, 
spec. 951. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 55. Cav. diss. t. 94. ze 
This species is nearly akin to Æ. cicutartum, but differing in the 
larger paler leaflets, much less deeply cut, and in the power b- 
musky smell, as well as the greater viscidity of the whole bez h 
age. Flowers rose-coloured. There is a variety of this w an 
is smooth, except the stem and ribs of the leaves, which ar 
clothed with glandular pubescence. i Ji 
Musky Heron’s-bill. Fl. June, July. Britain. Pl. tral wa 
16 E. racixta`rum (Cav. diss. 4. p. 228. t. 113. f. 5.) P lo- 
smooth; stem prostrate, diffuse; leaves trifidly bipinnatifi y n 
bules linear, acute, lower leaves usually 3-lobed ; stipulas a a- 
bracteas ovate, scarious ; peduncles many-flowered. De lacie 
tive of the south of Europe from Crete to Spam. Geranium cies. 
nidtum, Desf. atl. 2. p.110. There are two varieties of this spec, 
The first with the leaves all jagged. G. laciniàtum, ier i m 
no. 15. The second with the lower leaves 3-lobed. G. dip yi i 
Lher. ined. no. 18. Petals blue, a little longer than the 94 Yp. 
Jagged-leaved Heron’s-bill. F). June, July. Cilt. 1794. 
prostrate. en» 
17 E. mrreròuum (Willd. in H. B. et Kunth, na bi- 
amer. 5. p. 228.) stems procumbent, diffuse, hispid; ea 
Fl. June, Oct. 
©. H. Nativeof 
