16S Class XVI. Order V. 



which are altogether inferior to the present very beautiful na- 

 tive. It is very common about fences and the edges of woods, 

 preferring a soil that is somewhat moist. Stems erect, hairy, 

 dividing by forks, or more numerous branches, one or two feet 

 high. Leaves large, spreading, hairy, divided in a palmate 

 manner into five or seven lobes, which are variously cut and 

 toothed at their extremities, the lower ones petioled, the upper 

 ones nearly sessile. As the leaves grow old, they are usually 

 marked with pale spots about the sinuses. Peduncles long, 

 hairy, supporting about two flowers. Calyx five leaved, those 

 edges, which are outermost in the bud, hairy. Petals rounded, 

 blue. Fruit ending in a long beak, containing five awns, which 

 spring out and scatter the seeds when ripe. The root is peren- 

 nial, very astringent, and useful for its medicinal properties. 

 May, June. Perennial. 



GERANIUM ROBERTIANUM. L. Herb Robert. 



Peduncles two flowered; leaves somewhat ped- 

 ate, pinnatifid, five angled ; calyx tea angled, cap- 

 sules rugged. Sm. 



A branching plant, much smaller in its flowers and leaves 

 than the preceding. Stem spreading, fragile, commonly of a 

 reddish cast. Leaves somewhat hairy, petioled, ternate or 

 quinate, the divisions mostly pinnatifid. Peduncles long, 

 somewhat hairy, with two terminal flowers. Calyx hairy. Pe- 

 tals rounded, pale purple. The whole plant has a peculiar, 

 strong smell. Road sides, Maiden. Flowering most of the 

 summer and autumn. Annual. 



202. OXALIS. 

 OX.VLIS STRICTA. L. Upright Wood Sorrel* 



Peduncles umbelliferous ; stem branching, e- 

 rect. L. 



This plant is pretty common about the borders of fields and 



