Erodium.] GERANIACE^E. 57 



much-avvned calyx ; leaves 5-parted ; lobes trifid, or cut, linear ; 

 capsules smooth, hairy; seeds dotted. Br. Fl. 1. p. 313. E. 

 Fl. v. iii. p. 241. E. Bot. t. 753. 



Hedges and pastures, gravelly and waste places. Fl. May, June. 

 ©. — Stems spreading. Distinguished by the much divided leaves and 

 the short footstalks of the blossoms. 



10. G. columbinum, Linn. Long- stalked Crane's-bill. Pe- 

 duncles 2-flovvered, shorter than the leaves, which are 5-parted, 

 the lobes divided into many acute segments ; petals entire, as 

 long as the much-awned calyx ; capsules smooth, glabrous ; 

 seeds dotted. Br. FL I. p. 313. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 241. E. Bot. 

 t. 259. 



Dry pastures near Kilcrea, County of Cork ; Mr. J. Drurnmond. 

 Fl. June, July. ©. — Stem very slender, procumbent, its hairs, as in G. 

 dissectum, reflexed. Capsules quite glabrous. 



2. Erodium. LHerit. Heron's-bill. 



Style 1. Calyx of 5 sepals. Corolla of 5 regular petals. 

 Glands 5. Fruit beaked, separating into 5 one-seeded cap- 

 sules, each with a long spiral awn, bearded on the inside. — 

 Name, cpujSios, a Heron ; the fruit resembling the beak of 

 that bird. Monadelphia. Pentandria. 



1. E. cicutarium, Sm. Hemlock Heron's-bill. Peduncles 

 many-flowered ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets sessile, pinnatifid and 

 cut ; petals longer than the calyx ; stems prostrate, hairy. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 310. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 229. E. Bot. t. 1768.— Gera- 

 nium cicutarium, Linn. 



Waste and sandy grounds, frequent. Fl. summer months. ©.— 

 Whole plant hairy. Flowers in small umbels, purplish, or sometimes 

 white. 



2. E. moschatum, Sm. Musky Herons-bill. Peduncles 

 many-flowered ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets nearly sessile, ovate, 

 unequally cut ; perfect stamens toothed at the base ; stems de- 

 pressed, hairy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 310. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 230. E. 

 Bot. t. 902. — Geranium moschatum, Linn. 



Sandy grounds, old walls and rocks. Simmond's-court, near Don- 

 nybrook ; and rocks at Carlingford Castle. Near Monkstown Church ; 

 Major Percy Pratt. Plentiful near Cork. Fl. June, July. ©. 



3. E. martimum, Sm. Sea Herons-bill. Peduncles 1, or 

 few-flowered ; leaves simple ovato-cordate, stalked, lobed and 

 crenate; stems depressed, slightly hairy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 311. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 231. E. Bot. t. 640. 



Sandy and gravelly sea-coasts, not very common. Steep banks on 

 the east side of the Hill of Howth, and sea cliffs on the south side of 

 Killiney Hill. Fl. May— Sept. %.— Flowers exceedingly small and 

 inconspicuous. Petals often wanting. 



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