230 MONADELPHIA— PENTANDRIA. EiodiunL. 



G. primum. Fiichs. Hist. 204./. 

 G. tertiura. Mattli. I'algr. v. 2 209 ./. 

 Heiba Roperti. Brinif. Herb. v. 2. 37./. 

 ■ Myrrhida Plinii, &c. Lob. Ic. 659./. 

 /3. Geranium inoclorura album. Raii Syn. 357. 

 y. G. ])impinellag folio. Dili, in Raii Syn. 358. Giss,\73- 

 G. robertianum. Riv. PenUip. Irr. t.l\4. 

 Erodium pimpinellae folium. Siblh. 21 1. 



In waste ground frequent. 



/3. In barren sandy places, chiefly near the .sea. 



y. Near Hackney. Dillenius. About Oxford. Sibth. On sandy 

 ground near the sea ; or on a chalky soil. 



Annual. June — Sep' ember. 



Root tap-shaped, whitish. Herb somewhat hairy and viscid, dis- 

 agreeably scented, more or less. Stems procumbent, round, 

 or a little angular, hairy, mostly branched, leafy, various in 

 number and length. Leaves alternate towards the root j upper 

 ones often opposite ; leaflets deeply pinnatifid, acutely and va- 

 riously cut. Stipulas opposite, ovate, acute, thin, and pellucid. 

 Fl. in stalked umbels, opposite to the alternate leaves, otherwise 

 axillary. Bracteas under the partial stalks, membranous, jagged. 

 Pet. rose-coloured, with 3 dark lines at the base ; in a nearly 

 regular ; in /3 white j in y 2 or 3 of them marked each with a 

 green depression, towards the claw, but this circumstance is 

 extremely variable. Filam. all simple. Caps, single-seeded, 

 bristly with reflexed hairs. 



2. E. 7noschatum. Musky Stork's-bill. 



Stems depressed, hairy. Stalks maiiy-flowered. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets nearly sessile, elliptical, unequally cut. 

 Perfect stamens toothed at the base. 



E. moschatum. Fl. Br. 728. Engl. Bot. f. 13. t. 902. Willd. Sp. PL 



V. 3. 63 1 . DeCand. Prodr. v. 1 . 647. 

 Geranium moschatum. Linn. Sj). Pl.95\. Huds. 300. Jacq. Hort. 



Find. V. 1 . t. 55. Cavan.Diss. 227. t.04. f.l. Riv. Penlap. Irr. 



t.\\2. Ger. Em. 94\./. Raii Syn. 3o8. 'Bauh. Hist. v. 3.479./ 

 G. n. 945. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 407. 

 G. tertium Plinii, Acus muscata. Dalech. Hist. \277 ./. 



In mountainous pastures. 



Between Bristol and St. Vincent's rocks. Ray. Very common in 

 Craven, Yorkshire. F>r. Lister. On Shotover hill, near Oxford. 

 Bishop o/ Carlisle. On Ampthill warren, Bedfordshire. Rev. Dr. 

 Abbot. In the mountainous pastures of Yorkshire and West- 

 moreland, more certainly wild perhaps tlian elsewhere, having 

 long been cultivated in gardens fur its scent. 



