78 GERANIACE^E. [GEKAMV.M. 



11. G. lu'cidum, L. ; glabrous, shining, bright red, bnmdies above with 

 2 lines of hairs, leaves orbicular 5-lobed, sepals long-awned longer than 

 the petals, capsules wrinkled keeled glabrous or nearly so, seeds smooth. 

 Hedgerows, old walls, &c. from Ross southwards, local ; fl. May-Aug. 



Brandies 6-18 in., succulent, brittle. Leaves Jj-1^ in. broad, lobes short 



obtusely lobulate at the top; petioles l-2 in.; stipules ovate, acute. 



Peduncles longer than the petioles. Flowers ^-^ in. diam., rose coloured. 



Calyx pyramidal, tuberculate. Claw of petals glabrous. Carpel* separating 



wholly from the axis. DISTRIB. Europe. N. Africa, Siberia, W. Asia to 



N.W. Himalaya. 



2. ERODIUM, L'Heritier. STORK'S-BILL. 



Herbs with swollen nodes. Leaves alternate, or, if opposite unequal, 

 stipulate. Flowers regular, solitary or umbellate, on axillary peduncles. 

 Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, hypogynous, imbricate, 2 upper sometimes 

 deficient Stamens 5, alternating with scale-like staminodes. Disk of 

 5 glands opposite the sepals. Ovary, fruit and seed as in Geranium, but 

 tails of carpels spirally twisted and usually silky on the inner surface. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, temp. Asia ; rare in S. Africa and Australia ; 

 species 50. ETYM. IptAStos, a heron, from the form of the fruit. 



1. E. cicuta rium, L. ; leaves 1-2-pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, segments 

 narrow cut, peduncles few or many-flowered, filaments entire. 



Waste places, most frequent by the sea, ascends to 1,200 ft. in N. Wales; fl. June- 

 Sept. Annual or biennial ; laxly pilose and glandular. Stems at first short, 

 then elongating to 6-24 in., prostrate or decumbent. Leaves 6-18 in., oblong ; 

 stipules lanceolate. Peduncles longer than the leaves, strict. F lovers ^-\ in. 

 broad, umbelled, rosy or white. Petals rather unequal, two often spotted 

 at the base, entire. Carpels hairy with an eglandular subapical pit and 

 usually a shallow curved furrow below the pit ; pedicels reflexed. DlSTKiB. 

 Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, W. Asia to N.W. India. 



VAR. 1, commix 1 turn, Jord. (sp.); two upper petals with a spot at the base, 

 carpels distinctly furrowed. VAR. 2, triviale, Jord. (sp.) ; two upper petals 

 not spotted, carpels faintly furrowed. VAR. 3, pilo'sum, Bor. (sp.), petals 

 not spotted, leaflets with more divided segments, carpels not furrowed. 



2. E. maritimum, L.; leaves entire oblong or ovate-cordate, margin 

 lobulate, segments crenate, peduncles 1-2-flowered, filaments entire. 

 Sandy and gravelly W. shores, from Cornwall to Wigtonshire ; Farnham, 



Surrey ; and all round Ireland ; fl. May-Sept. Small, pilose, annual or 

 biennial. Stems 6-16 in., decumbent. Leaves %-^ in., petioles longer ; 

 stipules ovate. Flowers J in. diam., pale pink. Petals sometimes 0. ('"///.< 

 hairy with a deep subapical eglandular pit subtended by a straight deep 

 furrow. DISTRIB. W. Europe, from France to Italy. 



3. E. moscha turn, L. ; leaves pinnate, leaflets deeply sharply irregu- 

 larly serrate, antheriferous filaments toothed at the base. 



Waste places, &c. from Yorkshire to Anglesea southwards, not indigenous 

 inland ; local in Ireland ; fl. June July. Larger than E. cirutarium, covered 

 with spreading hairs, smelling strongly of musk. Stem 2 ft., stout ; stipules 

 broadly ovate, obtuse. Flowers pale rose-purple. Carpels hairy with a 

 glandular subapical pit subtended by a deep curved furrow. DisTiUB. 

 Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia. 



