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MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, 

 345. ERODIUM. Stork's-bill. 



VHerit. Geraniol. unpuhl. Ait. H. Kew. ed. 1 u. 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. LirDi.Gen.SoO. Juss.268. Lam. t. 573. f. 2. Gcertn. 



t. 79 ; moschatum. 



Nat. Ord. Gniinales. Linn. 14'. Geraiiia. Juss. 73. Gera- 

 niacecB. DeCand. 46. N. 346 the same. 



Cat. 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. Islect. 5 glands, alternate with the 

 petals. Fllam. 10, 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. Stifle awl-shaped, erect, longer 

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

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

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

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

 flat, upright, pointed, converging, rigid fltt'w, 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. 

 Stipidas membranous. Fl. mostly umbellate, reddish. 

 Cat. and stalks more or less glutinous. 



1. E. c'laitariuvi. Hemlock Stork's -bill. 



Stems procumbent, hairy. Stalks many-flowered. Leaves 

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



E. cicutarium. Fl. Br. 727. Engl. Bot. v. 25.t.\ 768. Willd. v. 3. 



629. Sihth. 211. Hook. Scot. 205. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1 . 646. 

 Geranium cicutarium. Linn. Sp. PL 95 1 . Huds. 300. Curt. Lond. 



fasc. 1 . <. 5 I . Fl. Dan. t. 9S6. Ehr/i. PL Of 447. 

 G. n. 914. Uall.Ulst.v. 1.406. 



G. cicutse folio inodorum. Raii Syn. '3j7. Ger. Em. 945./. 

 G. foetens. Riv. Pcntap. Irr. /. 1 15. 



