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fiowers in July and Augufl, and may be propagated places It in the fixth fcclion of his fixch clafs, in winch 



and treated in the fame manner as the tliird and fourth 



forts. 



The ninth fort is the Lefler Centaury of the {hops ; 



this grows naturally upon dry pafturcs in mofi: parts 

 of Ent^land, where it rifes in height proportionable to 

 the go^dnefs of the foil ; for in good land it is fre- 

 quently a foot high, but in poor foils not more than 

 three or four inches. It is an annual plant, with upright 

 branching ftalks, garnifl:ied with fmall leaves placed 

 by pairs. The flowers grow in form of an umbel at 

 the top, and are of a bright purple colour > they 

 come out in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 This plant cannot be cultivated in the gardens. 

 The tenth fort grows naturally upon chalky grounds 

 in many parts of England. It is an annual plant, rifing 

 with an upright ftalk afoot high, garniflied with oyal- 

 pointed leaves, whofe bafe furrounds the ftalk ; they 



and are of a gray colour ; the ftalks 



he ranges the herbs withaRofe flower, whole pcincal 

 becomes a truitvvith fevcral capfules. 

 The Species arc, 



1. Geranium {Pratevfe) pedunculis billoris, foliis fab- 

 peltatis multipartitis pinnato laciniaris rugofis acuti?, 

 petalis integris. Hort. Cliff. 344. Crane's-bill uv/Z/ t^l 

 flowers on each foot-ftalk^ target-fonped leaves cut into 

 many acute ftgments^ and entire petals. Geranium ba- 

 trachiodes. Gratia Dei Germanorum. C. B. P. Crane's- 

 bill with a Crow-foot leaf and large blue flowers. 



2. Geranium [Macrorrhizum) pedunculis bifloris, caly- 

 cibus inflatis, piftillo longifiim.o. Hort. Cliff. 



flowers en each foot-ft. 



thefl 



343- 



vfMtcd 



Gera- 



nium 

 B. 



batrachioides, lonQ;ius radicatum, odoratum. 



grow by pairs 



and leaves are very 



J. B. Long-rooted fweet-jmeUing Crane^s-hilU with a 

 Crow-foot leaf. 

 3. Geranium {Sanguinetwt) pedunculis unifloris, foliis 

 fmooth. The flowers grow I quinquepartitis trifidis orbiculatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



in form of an umbel on the top of the ftalk ; they 



flower on each fcot-fi. 



are of a bright yellow colour, and are cut into eight j orbicular leaves., which are trifid and divided into five 

 parts at the top. Thefe appear in July, and the feeds J parts. Geranium fanguineum, maximo flore. H. Ox. 



Bloody Crane^S'bill with a larger flower. 

 Geranium {hancaflrenfe) pedunculis unifloris, fo- 

 liis quinquepartitis laciniis obtufis brevibus, caulibus 

 decumbentibus. Crane's-bill with one flower upon each 

 foot-flalk^ leaves divided into flve parts^ whofe feg 



ripen in autumn. 



The eleventh fort is an annual plant, which grows 

 naturally in thefouth of France and in Italy •, this rifes 

 with an upright ftalk about a foot high, fending out 

 feveral branches toward the top, which are garniflied 

 by fmall leaves placed oppofite. The flowers are 

 produced from the fide and at the top of the ftalk, 

 jn form of loofe irregular umbels ; they are white, 

 and about the fize of thofe of the common Centaury. 



4 



Jh 



fial 



Geranium has- 



xnatodes Lancaftrenfe, flore eleganter ftriato. Raii 



5 



{No do ft. 



'd flower. 



5 cauJ 



The twelfth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, I linis trilobis integris ferratis, fummis fubfeffilibusr 



* * 



where it was difcovered by Father Plumier, and the 



late Dr. Houftoun found it growing in plenty at La 



Vera Cruz, in low moift places where the water ftag- 



nates, but at a remoter diftance from the fea. The 



■ feeds of this plant he fent to England, which fuc- 



* ceeded in the Chelfea garden ; this rifes with an up- 



.- right branching ftalk near two feet high, garniflied 



with oblong, fmooth, acute-pointed leaves, placed 



'oppofite -, the upper part of the ftalk divides into fe- I flowers on each foot-ft 



- Hort. Cliff. 343. Crane s-bill with two flowers on each 

 foot-ftalk^ the leaves upon the ftalks having three entire 

 flawed kbes^ the upper leaves fitting clofe to the ^flalk. 

 Geranium 5. nodofum. Plateau. Cluf. Hift. Knotty 



Crane^S'bilL 

 6. Geranium {Phctum) pedunculis bifloris, foliifque al- 

 ternis, calycibus fubariftatis, caule eredo, petalis un- 

 dulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 681. Crane's-bill with two 



■r; 



veral forks, between which are fix or feven long na- 

 ked foot-ftalks, each fuftaining one large blue flower, 

 divided into five fegments at the brim. The fiov/ers 

 are fucceeded by oblong capfules with one cell, filled 

 ■ with fmall feeds. 

 This is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown 

 on a hot-bed foon after they are ripe, and the plants 

 afterward treated in the fame manner as other tender 



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annual plants from warm countries, being too tender 



' to thrive in the open air in England. If the feeds of 



. this plant are fown in autumn, in pots placed in the 



. tan-bed of the ftove, they will fucceed better than 



. when they are fown in the ipring, and the plants will 



. flower early, fo good feeds may be obtained. 



GENTIANELLA. SeeGENTiANA. 



GERANIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 346. Tourn. Inft. 



R. H. 266. tab. 142. [takes its name from li^oLv^., 



Gr, a crane, orftork, becaufe its fruit refembles the 



flalk^ and waved petals to the flu 

 "Geranium phaeum five fufcum, petalis reflexis, folio 



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{Fuf 



fpotted. 



eflexed 



quelobatis incifis, petalis reflexis. Crane's-bill with two 



flowers upon eaeh foot-ftalky leaves divided into flve lobes^ 



which are cut^ and the petals of the flowers r eflexed. 



Geranium ph^um five fufcum, petalis redlis feu pla- 



folio maculato. H. la. Brown Cranes-bill with 



nis 



id fpotted 



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b ■ 



* f 



8. Geranium (5/n(«/^^) pedunculis bifloris, altero bre- 

 viore, foliis quinquelqbis medio dilatatis, petalis bilo- 

 bis venofo reticularis. Burm, Ger. Crane^ s-bill with two 

 flowers upon each foot-ftalk., one bigger than the other^ 



. leaves having five lobes., and flowers with two' lobes. Ge- 

 ranium Romanum, verficolor five ftriatum. Park. Par. 



thftripedfli 



bill of a Crane.] Crane^s-bill-, in French, Becde Grue. j o. Geranium {Sylvaticum) pedunculis bifloris,. 10 



US 





The Characters are, 

 ^be flower hath a permanent empalement^ co777pofed of 

 five* fmall oval leaves. The flower hath five petals^ 

 which are oval^ or heart-fhaped^ fpreading open > thefe are 

 in fome fpecies equals and in others^ the upper two are 

 tnuch larger than the three lower, . It hath tenftamina^ 

 which are alternately longer^ but are floor ter than the pe- 

 tals^ and are terjninated by oblong fummits,. In the bot~ 

 torn of the flower isfituated a flve-cornered germen^ fup- 

 porting an awl-fhaped ftyle longer than the ftamina^ 

 which is permanent, crozvned by five reflexedftigmas, The 

 flower is fucceeded byflvefecds^ each being wrapped up in 

 the hufk of the beak^ which is extended the length of ^the 

 ftyle, where they are ttvifted together at the point, fo as 

 to form the refemblance of aftork^s beak. 



fubpeltatis quiijquelobis incifo-ferratis, caule ereiflo, 

 petalis emarginatis. Flor. Lapp. 266. Crane's-bill with 

 two flowers on each foot ftalk, target ftjaped leaves with 

 Jive lobes deeply flawed, an ere^ ftalk, and indented petals 



Geranium batrachioides montanum 



Mountain Crani s-bill with a Crow-ft 



nofliras. Ger. 



leaf 



0. Geranium (Orientale) pedunculis bifloris, foliifque 

 oppofitis, petalis integris, calycibus brevioribus. Eafl- 

 em Bove^s-foot Crane^ s-bill, with oppofite leaves, two 

 flowers on each foot-ftalk, and a floor t cfnpakment. ' Ge- 

 ranium Orientale columbinum, flore maximo, afpho- 



Jfphodel root and large / 



-foot 



II. 



Geranium {Perenne) pedunculis bifloris, foliis in- 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of j ferioribus quinque-partito-multifidis rotundis, fuperi- 

 Linn^us's fixteenth clafs, wliich includes thofe plants j oribus trilobis, caule ercdto. Hudf. Flor. Ang. 265. 



whofe flowers have ten ftamina, and the male and fe- 

 male organs are joined in one body., Tournefort 



flowers on each foot-flal 



flve mary-toint^d lobes y the tipper 



■ ' \ three. 



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