74 GERANIACEiE. 



and by winter become plants of considerable size, as is the case with G. 

 rotundi folium, and perhaps all the smaller species. This is one of the 

 earliest to flower. 

 First record : Pascoe, 1850. 



152. G. Robertianum, Z. Herb Eohert ; Wren's Flower. 



Native ; in waste shady spots, on walls, stony and rocky banks. 

 Very common. April to October. Area general. 

 Found in places close to the town, and also in Avild wooded and rocky 

 spots. A plant with pinkish-white flowers by the Saltash and Callington 

 Road, near Botus Flemmg, June, 1876 ; one seen on a previous occasion 

 near Beer Ferrers. A variety with Avhite flowers near Puslmch, 1874, 

 and previously ; between Corn wood Station and village, 1879, as also 

 many years before (see remark under G. rotundifolium). G. Bohertiaiium 

 beguis to flower about the same time as G. Lucidum. 



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c. purpureum. 

 Very rare. 

 i>. III. GroAving abundantly from between stones agamst a bank at Holes 

 Hole, by the tidal Tamar, June, 1871 ; for some gun-shots on 

 banks and walls there, JMay, 1876. 

 At a distance this variety looks almost intermediate between tyi^ical 

 Bohertianum and G. lucidum, from its small flowers, vividly-coloured 

 stems, and nearly glabrous condition. Its occurrence at Holes Hole I 

 recorded in Jour. Bot. ix. 241. 



ERODIUM, Herit. 



153. E. cicutarium, He'rit. Common Stork's Bill. 



Native ; m waste sandy or dry turfy places, on banks and earth- 

 capped walls. Locally common ; found mostly about the 

 coast, wdiere it sometimes becomes an agrarian Aveed. April to 

 October, 

 c. I. On the cliffs near Craf thole ! ; Jones, Tour, 16. With white 

 flowers between Craf thole and Port Wrinkle, 1871 ; between 

 that place and St. Germans Beacon, 1875. Seaton. 

 II. Whitsand Bay ! (fl. alb.); Hore; Penlee Point; Keys, Ft. ii. 68. 

 D. Ill, [Five-fields Lane; Banks, Fl. part 7.] Slaty banks by the 

 Tamar at Saltash Passage, 1874, &c. 

 IV. About Catdown ! ; Banks, ibid. On the Dartmoor tramway at 

 Colwell and Fancy. In a gravelly spot close to JNIarsh Mills, 

 two plants, 1865 ; some still there, 1871 ; but not seen very 

 recently, and perhaps now extinct. 

 V. Above the coast near Worsewell Farm-house, Revelstoke, mostly 

 with white flowers. 



