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Erodium Hymenodes. Ternate-Leaved 

 Heron's-Bill. 



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Gfo/f awi Order. 



MoNADELPHIA PfiNTANDRIA. 



Generic Chara&er. 



Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala. Neil. SqtiamuJa 5 cum fila- 

 mentis alternantes ; et Glandula melliferae bafi ftaminum infi- 

 dentes. FrucJus 5-coccus, roftratus : roftra fpirajia, introrfum 

 barbata. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ERODIUM hymenodes ; pedunculis rauhifloris, foliis obtufis 

 incifo-dentatis : inferioribus ternatis, fuperiori- 

 bus trilobis, caule erefto. Willd. Sp. PL 3. 635. 



ERODIUM hymenodes. L'Herit. Geran. t. 4. fig. optima. 



ERODIUM trilobaium ; pedunculis multifloris, foliis cordatis 

 fubrotundis tripartitis hirfutis ferratis. Jacq. Ic. 

 Rar. 3. /. 508. Collect. 4. p. 200. 



GERANIUM hymenodes. Bot. Repof. t. 413. 



GERANIUM trifolium ; saule herbaceo craffo ramofo, foliis 

 radicalibus ternatis lobatis, caulinis oppofitis 

 fimplicibus lobatis, petalis venofis, fuperioribus 

 maculatis. Cavan. Dijf. 4. p. 223. /. 97. f. 3. 



GERANIUM geifolium ; caule herbaceo, foliis cordatis tri- 

 lobis hirfutis, lobis furfum latioribus rolundatis, 

 pedunculis multifloris, petalis inaequalibusvenofo- 

 reticulatis. Desf. Atl. 2. p. 108. 



The Erodium hymenodes mzy be confidered as a connecting 

 link between this genus and Pelargonium ; with the tuber- 

 ous rooted five-ftamened fpecies of which it has a very near 

 affinity : at the fame time it differs from the European fpecies 

 °f Erodium in having an irregular corolla. 



