




2 ” 
13, Erodium. cicutarium 

knob which 
remains at- 

GERANIACEA 163 
ACES. 
DISPERSAL, AND ANCHORAGE 
SToRKSBILL (Hrodiwm cicutarium). 
TaBLe II.—THE SEEDS. 
Spine learns Seed-coat, Peculiarities, 
1. Geranium sanguineum \ 
2: 3 sylvaticum é 
3. pratense eer eee 
5. % columbinum { eae speces) 
6. Aa dissectum 
he Bs pyrenaicum 
8. a Robertianum peer oe 8. ‘Seed ” with 
9. < molle a een two long hygro- 
10. sy lucidum free of spring | scopic ; threads ; 
ABE ” pusillum eA Allsmooth| the shingle vari- 
/ Seed thrown | } (7 species) ety without any 
12 phaum | enclosed in threads. 
\ 

| 
tached to 
the spring 


12 & 13. Bury 
and anchor the 
“‘seed ” in the 
soil by the ac- 
tion of the hy- 
groscopic spring 

