6o THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



hedges; and A. pseudo-platanus, L., Sycamore, in woods. 

 Also the following : A. opulifolium, Vill. , corymbs at 

 last drooping, wings of samara nearly parallel, leaves 5- 

 lobed ; mountain woods ; Jura, Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyre- 

 nees. A.platanoides^.' y inflorescence corymbose, leaves 

 very thin, with acuminate lobes ; mountain woods ; Jura, 

 Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. monspessulanum, L. ; 

 leaves thick, 3-lobed, lobes nearly entire, flowers appear- 

 ing before the leaves ; Pyrenees, Geneva. 



Order XIX. GE RANI ACE^E. 



Flowers regular ; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens 5 or 10; 

 seed-vessel a beaked capsule, composed of i -seeded car- 

 pels which separate by their base from the beak. A large 

 order, generally distributed, with but few alpine species. 



i. GERANIUM, L. 



Flowers on axillary flower-stalks ; stamens 10 ; leaves 

 stipulate. 



The following British species of Crane's Bill occur in 

 similar situations in Central Europe: The two large 

 meadow species, G. pratense, L., with purple, and sylva- 

 tieum, L. (sub-alpine), with reddish-purple flowers; G. 

 sanguineum, L., with large crimson flowers and nearly 

 orbicular 5-/-partite leaves ; open pastures, especially 

 calcareous, local. G. Robertianum, L., Herb-Robert, with 

 fcetid smell ; everywhere. G. pyrenaicum, L. (perenne, 

 Huds.), with smaller violet-red flowers and kidney-shaped 

 leaves ; frequent. G. rotundifolium, L., a hairy plant, with 

 soft nearly orbicular 7~9-lobed leaves; stony places, 



