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MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 

 345. ERODIUM. Stork's-bill. 



L'Herit. Geraniol. unpubl. Ait. H. Kew. ed. 1. r. 2. 414. ed.2. 



V. 4. 154. Fl. Br. 727. Comp. ed. 4. 1 15. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. 



V.13. DeCand.Prodr.v.1.644. 

 Geranium. Linn. Gen. 350. Juss.268. Lam. t. 573. f. 2. Gcertn. 



t. 79; moschatum. 



Nat. Ord. Gruinales, L.mn. 14:. Gerania. Juss. 73. Gera- 

 niacea:. DeCand. 46. N. 346 the same. 



Cal. inferior, of 5 ovate, glandular-pointed, concave, perma- 

 nent leaves, equal and uniform at the base. Pet. 5, obo- 

 vate, spreading, rather longer than the calyx, generally 

 somewhat irregular. Nect. 5 glands, alternate with the 

 petals. Filam.iO, awl-shaped, united by their base into 

 a cup ; 5 of them perfect, nearly as long as the petals ; 

 the alternate 5 shorter and abortive. Anth. 5, on the 

 longer filaments only, oblong, versatile. Germ, superior, 

 roundish, with 5 furrows. S/j/Z^' awl-shaped, erect, longer 

 than the stamens, permanent. Stigmas 5, oblong, re- 

 flexed. Caps. 5, aggregate, membranous, obovate, ver- 

 tical, separating at their iimer margin, sharp-pointed at 

 the base, each tipped at the summit with a long, linear, 

 flat, upright, pointed, converging, rigid aimi, hairy at the 

 inside, and at length spirally twisted, adhering by its 

 point to the top of the style; the hairs spreading. Seeds 

 1 or 2, vertical, ovate-oblong. 



Herbaceous, or somewhat shrubby, odorous, recumbent. 

 Leaves generally opposite, stalked, simple, or pinnate, cut. 

 Stipulas membranous. FL mostly umbellate, reddish. 

 Cal. and stal/cs more or less glutinous. 



1. E. cicutarium. Hemlock Stork's-bill. 



Stems procumbent, hairy. Stalks many-flowered. Leaves 

 pinnate; leaflets sessile, pinnatifid, cut. Stamens simple. 



E. cicutarium. Fl. Br. 7 27 . Engl. Bot. v. 25. t. 1768. IVilld.v. 3. 



629. Sibth.2] 1 . Hook. Scot. 205. DeCand. Prodr. v.\. (AG. 

 Geranium cicutarium. Linn. Sp. PI. 95 I . Huds. 300. Curt. Lpnd. 



fasc. \.t.5\. Fl. Dan. t. 986. Ehrh. PI. OJ.447. 

 G. n.944. Hall. Hist. v.\. 406. 



G. cicutse folio inodorum. Raii Syn. 357. Ger. Em. 945. f. 

 G.foetens. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t.\\5. 



