120 BRITISH BOTANY. 



callous tip (point), shining. Peduncles short, 2-flowered; pedi- 

 cels very short (with a hairy line). Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 transversely wrinkled, with short points. Petals rounded or 

 notched at the summit, with a long linear claw. Anthers orbi- 

 cular. Carpels wrinkled. Seeds ovate, smooth. 



In stony, gravelly, shady places. Annual ; May- August. 



This plant was observed growing on a wall near Dunkeld. 



G. robertianum, Lin. Herb Robert. — e.b. 1486. l.b.s. 239. 

 A. 18. C. 81. Lat. 50-60°. Alt. 0-550 yds. Tern. 52-41°. 



Stems ascending-diffuse or erect, usually reddish, rough with 

 spreading hairs, glandular, especially at and near the top. 

 Leaves palmately divided, with petiolate segments, which are pin- 

 natifid and toothed. Peduncles longer than the leaves ; pedicels 

 nearly equal, often erect. Flowers purple, striated. Sepals 

 awned, connivent after flowering. Petals entire, about twice 

 the length of the sepals. Carpels (coques) glabrous or pubescent, 

 wrinkled. Seeds smooth. — Every part of the plant is remark- 

 ably odoriferous (strong-smelling), but its smell is neither that 

 of mint nor of musk. 



By hedges and old walls. Annual; May-October. 



Var. G. Raii, Lind. ; G. pm'pureum, Forster. — e.b.s. 2640. 

 Stem and leaves not hairy, shining ; margins of the leaves and 

 nerve of sepals slightly ciliated. Flowers small. The calyx is 

 not wrinkled like the same organ in G. lucidum. — Southern sea- 

 coast. Annual; June- September. 



Erodium, L'Herit. — Annual or perennial, herbaceous or some- 

 what shrubby plants. Leaves pinnate, with incised segments and 

 umbellate reddish flowers. Sepals and petals 5 respectively, the 

 latter equal or unequal. Stamens 10 ; 5 always fertile, and pro- 

 vided with a gland at the base. Carpels 5, aggregate, each tipped 

 with a long, linear, usually hairy awn, which is spirally twisted 

 at maturity, and adheres to the tip of the style. Seeds 1-2, 

 ovate or oblong. 



C cicutarium, Sm. Stork's-bill. — e.b. 1768. l.b.s. 228. 

 A. 18. C. 80. Lat. 50-59°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-47°. 



Stems several, mostly procumbent or ascending, round, rough 

 with spreading hairs. Lower leaves on long stalks, upper on 

 short stalks, all pinnate and hairy ; segments deeply incised or 

 toothed. Stipules ovate -acuminate. Peduncles many-flowered, 

 usually as long as, or longer than, the leaves; pedicels short, 



