6o THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



hedges; and A. pseudo-plataniis^ L., Sycamore, in woods. 

 Also the following : — A. opulifoliu7n, Vill. ; corymbs at 

 last drooping, wings of samara nearly parallel, leaves 5- 

 lobed; mountain woods; Jura, Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyre- 

 nees. A.platanoides^'L.) inflorescence corymbose, leaves 

 very thin, with acuminate lobes ; mountain woods ; Jura, 

 Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. monspessulanum, L. ; 

 leaves thick, 3-lobed, lobes nearly entire, flowers appear- 

 ing before the leaves ; Pyrenees, Geneva. 



Order XIX.— GERANIACE^. 



Flowers regular ; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens 5 or 10; 

 seed-vessel a beaked capsule, composed of i -seeded car- 

 pels which separate by their base from the beak. A large 

 order, generally distributed, with but few alpine species. 



I. Geranium, L. 



Flowers on axillary flower-stalks ; stamens 10 ; leaves 

 stipulate. 



The following British species of Crane's Bill occur in 

 similar situations in Central Europe : — The two large 

 meadow species, G. pratense^ L., with purple, and sylva- 

 ticum, L. (sub-alpine), with reddish-purple flowers ; G. 

 sanguineuniy L., with large crimson flowers and nearly 

 orbicular 5-7-partite leaves ; open pastures, especially 

 calcareous, local. G. Robertimiuvi, L., Herb-Robert, with 

 foetid smell ; everywhere. G. pyrenaicunt, L. {j?erenne^ 

 Huds.), with smaller violet-red flowers and kidney-shaped 

 leaves ; frequent. G. rotundifoliuvi, L,, a hairy plant, with 

 soft nearly orbicular 7-9-lobed leaves; stony places. 



