GERANIACE^. 69 



VII. [On a wall on Newington Green, Buddie ; Newton MSS-I 

 First record: Merrett, 1666. 



139. C robertianum, L. Herh Robert. 



Cjb. Br. i. 266 ; Comp. 135. Syme E. B. ii. t. 305. 

 Hedgebanks and shady places ; very common. A. or B. May —Sept- 

 ember. 

 Frequent in all the districts except VII. where we have not observed it. 



First record : Johnson, 1629. Blackstone noticed it with white Jiowers at 

 Harefield in 1735 and 1745 (Fasc. 33 and S^ec. 27). The seashore 

 variety/ is mentioned by Smith as being 'a weed in Chelsea Gardens;* 

 E. Fl. iii. 236. 



ERODIUM, L'Herit. 



140. E. cicutarium, 8m. Stork' s-bill. 



Geranium arvense, Tab., Myrrhida PUnii (Johns.). Geranium cicutarium 



(Curt.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 257 ; iii. 400 ; Comp. 132. Curt. F. L. f. 1. 



Roadsides and waste ground, on sandy soil; rare. A. or B. June — 

 September. 



I. Pinner. Uxbridge ; Cole. 



II. A few plants on the road from Staines to Hampton. 



V. Chiswick ; Hemsley. Kew Bridge Station, N. Lond. Ry. ; Newb. 

 VI. Edmonton. 



VII. Bet. Kentish Town and Hampstead ; Johns. Eric. [Hyde Park wall, 

 1817 ; Herb. G. ^ i?.] Side of canal, Homerton, a single specimen; 

 Cherry. Kensington Gardens, 1868, a single plant ; Warren (v. s.). 



First record: Johnson, 1629. Remarkably scarce in Middlesex. The 

 old botanists (as some moderns do still) divided this into several 

 species. Buddie mentions a large-flowered ^lant found by Doody and 

 himself near Chelsea College, and also Ger. inodorum cicutce foliis an- 

 gustissimis sectis shown him by Doody in several places near London. 

 From the specimen in Herb. Biidd. v. 11, f. 18, the latter seems a small 

 form, and is probably that mentioned in i?. 8yn. iii. 357, as found by 

 Doody near Chelsea. Ger. jpimpinella folio of Dillenius found by him 

 near Hackney (i?. Syn. iii. 358) may have perhaps some claims to 

 notice as a variety. Mr. Woodward says (^«Y7«. ii. 724), 'I have 

 cultivated it for several years without observing any variation in it, 

 and Mr. Curtis ... is satisfied it is a distinct species.' It is the 

 E. commixtum of Jordan. 



141. E. moschatum, 8m. 



Cyb. Br. i. 257 ; iii. 400 ; Comp. 132. Syme E. B. ii. t. 308. 



Waste places and roadsides ; very rare. A. or B. May — September. 

 II. Laleham, 1815 ; Htrb. G. ^ R. Mr. Varenne assures us that this is 



