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MOKiABELVHlA DECANDRIJ. 

 346. GERANIUM. Crane's-bill. 



Linn. Gen. 350. Juss. 268. Fl. Br. 729. DeCand. Prodr. v.\.639. 

 Tourn. t. 142./. A— O. Lam. t. 573. f. I. Gcertn. t. 79; pra- 

 tense. 



Nat. Ord. see w. 345- 



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

 manent leaves, equal and uniform at the base. Pet. 5, 

 inversely heart-shaped, spreading, much larger than the 

 calyx, all equal and regular. Nect. 5 glands, alternate 

 with the petals. Filam.lO, awl-shaped, united at their 

 base, spreading at the summit; 5 alternate ones longer 

 than the rest, shorter than the corolla. Anth. oblong, 

 versatile, very rarely wanting on the 5 shorter filaments. 

 Germ, superior, roundish, with 5 furrows. Style awl- 

 shaped, erect, longer than the stamens, permanent. Stig- 

 mas 5, oblong, reflexed. Caps. 5, aggregate, membra- 

 nous, nearly globular, separating at their inner margin, 

 each tipped at the summit with a long, linear, flat, up- 

 right, pointed, converging, rigid axsoii, almost perfectly 

 smooth and naked, at length recurved or revolute, adhe- 

 ring by its point to the top of the style. Seeds solitary, 

 roundish-kidney-shaped. 



Herbaceous, scarcely at all shrubby. BrancJies and stalks 

 tumid at the base. Leaves mostly opposite, stalked, lobed 

 in a palmate manner, and cut. Stijpidas membranous. 

 Fl. 1 or 2 on a stalk, either axillary, or opposite to the 

 upper alternate leaves, red, purplish, or blue, generally 

 handsome, without scent. 



1 • G. phcmim. Dtisky Crane's-bill. 



Stalks two-flowered, panicled, erect. Calyx slightly point- 

 ed. Capsules keeled; hairy below; wrinkled at the sum- 

 mit. Stamens hairy. 



G. phieum. Linn. Sp. PL 953. mild. v. 3. 699. FL Br. 729. 



EngL Bot.v.b. t.322. Hook. Scot. 206. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1. 



64 1 a. FLDan.t.987. Cavan. Diss. 210. t. 89. /.2. 

 G. n. 934. Hall. Hist. v.\.4\4. 

 G. raontanum fuscum. Dill, in Raii Syn. 36\. 

 G. batrachioides pullo flore. Ger. Em, 942,/. 



