re mavilatuny tes : 454 
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Gen. Ch. Cal, Perianth inferior, of five ote, acute, concave, permanent leaves.: Pe regula, of five 
large, obovate or obcordate, equal, spreading petals. _ Nectary five glands at the base of the ger- 
men, alternate with the petals. Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, recurved, united at the base ints 
a small cup, five alternate ones longest, all shorter than the petals; anthers oblong, versatile, five 
of them occasionally abortive. Pist. Germen superior, with five furrows, beaked ; style central, 
.  awl-shaped, longer than the stamens, permanent; stigmas five, oblong, reflexed. Peric. Capsules 
five, aggregate, membranous, globose, lateral, separating at their inside, each attached upwards 
to a long, linear, at, pointed, rigid, smooth awn, at length elastically recurved, adhering by its 
point to the summit of the style. Seeds ee lateral, roundish, their surfaces smooth or 
dotted, - me 
Ess. Ch. Calix of five leaves. Petals five. Recusiboens glands five. Fruit fie of Ps a5: 
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gregate capsules, each tipped with a long, recurved, naked awn. 
Obs. This genus, as above defined, contains only the Gerania columbina of Linnzus, or what are 
commonly called European Geraniums, or Crane’s-bills, bearing but one or two flowers on a stalk. 
(See Erodium ) Thus it is adopted by Willdenow, who has 39 species, 13 of which are natives of 
) Britain. - They are tolerably naturally distributed into three sections. Si Meer 
| Gsnaxtom maculatum, erectum, retrorsum pubescens, caule dichotomo, foliis oppositis 3-5 partitis incisis, 
oe summis sessilibus, pedunculis elongatis bifloris, petalis obovatis. Willd. Sp. pl. 3. p. 705. 
—— ‘Grnantum maculatum, perenne, retrorsum pubens: caulibus erectis, opposite diphyllis: foliis 3-5 partitis : 
_ spedunculis elongatis, bifloris: petalis obovalibus. Mich. Fl. Boreali-Am. vol. 2. p. 38. 
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ma vx caule erecto herbaceo, foliis oppositis quinquepartitis incisis, summis sessilibus, petalis integer- 
méculstum ‘floribus obsolete ceruleis. Dillenius elth. ; 
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-tomi, pilis deflexis. Folia profunde quinquepartita, undique pilosa, lobis irregulariter inciso- 
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