Tab. 5665. 

 erodium macradenium. 



Spotted-Jlowered StorJesbill 



Nat. Ord. Geeaniace^;. — Monadelphia Pestandeia. 



Gen. Char. Flores regulares v. vix irregulares. Sepala 5, imbricate. 

 Petala 5, imbricata. Glandulce 5, petalis alternae. Stamina 5, cum stami- 

 nodiis totidem anantberis alternata et basi cum iis in tubum connate. 

 Ovarium 5-lobum, 5-]oculare, rostratum, rostro in stylum abeunte, ramis 

 5 longitudinaliter stigmatosis ; ovula in loculis 2, superposita. Gapsitla 

 5-loba ; lobi 1-spermi, ab axi placentifero septifrage dehiscentea, caudis a 

 basi ad apicem elastice revolutis. Semina exalbuminosa, cotyledonibus 

 plicatis v. flexuosis. — Herbas, rarius suffrutices, ramis sape articulato-no- 

 dosis. Folia opposita, altero sape minor e^ v. alterna, den fa fa lobata v. dis- 

 sccta. Stipulae membranacece. Pedunculi axillares. Flores sapius umbel- 

 lati, rarius solitarii v. 2-ni. 



Erodittm macradenium ; acaule, foliis petiolatis ambitu oblongis pinnati- 

 sectis pubescenti-glandulotiis, segmentis pinnatifidis, raehi dentafca, 

 peduueulis umbelliferis, involucri foliolis lanceolatis v. ovatis acumi- 

 natis, sepalis anguste oblongis longe mucronatis, petalis obovatis, 2 

 superioribus paulo minoribus plaga lata purpurea notatis, seminibus 

 estriatis. 



Ekodioi niacradeniutn. Llitrit. Goran, f. 1. Gren. et Godr. Fl. France, 

 v. I. p. 313. 



Eeodiu.m graveolens. Lapeyr. Hist. PI. Pyren. abregee, p. 390. 



Eeodium glandulosum. Willcl. Sp. PI. v. Z.p. 628. DC. Prodr. v. I. p. 615. 



Geranium glandulosum. Cav. Diss. v. 5. t. 125./. 2. 



Geeats'IUM radicatum. Lapeyr. FL Pyren. v. 1. t. 1. 



There can be little doubt but this charming hardy peren- 

 nial plant is the very rare Erodium macradenium, L'herit., 

 though it does not agree with the author's character in hav- 

 ing acute petals, nor with the descriptions of Willdenow and 

 Lapeyrouse, who describe the two spotted petals as larger 

 than the others; nor with Willdenow's observation that 

 the involucral leaves are linear-lanceolate. Still, the habit 

 and all other characters, including the colour of the flower. 

 agree so precisely with those of E. macradenium, that it is im- 



SEPTEMBEE 1ST, 1867. 



