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C. Flowers red, pink, or purple; leaves nearly orbi- 

 cular in their general outline, 5~7-lobed : G. cinereum 

 Cav. (PI. 23) ; flowers large, pale pink veined with purple, 

 plant 2-6 in. high, almost stemless, leaves very deeply 

 divided, grey-green ; Central Pyrenees, rare. G. argen- 

 teum } L. ; flowers large, pale pink veined with purple, 

 petals slightly emarginate, plant grey-green, covered with 

 silky hairs; high; Tirol, Carniola, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, 

 rare. G. divaricatum, L. ; flowers small, pink, leaves 

 pale green, unequilateral, with one of the lateral lobes 

 larger than the other, plant iJ-2 in. high, pubescent, 

 viscous; road-sides; Southern Switzerland, Pyrenees. 

 G. macrorhizon, L. ; flowers reddish-purple, petals nar- 

 rowed at the base, stem 1-2 ft., springing from an oblique 

 or horizontal root-stock ; Tirol, Styria, Carinthia, Car- 

 niola, local. 



2. ERODIUM, L'He>. 



Resembling Geranium; but stamens 5; flowers usually 

 in umbels. 



Two English species of Stork's Bill, E. cicutarium, L., 

 with deeply cut hairy leaves, and moschatum> L., with soft 

 pinnate leaves, the whole plant pubescent and smelling of 

 musk, occur in sandy places, the latter local. 



The following sub-alpine species are found in the 

 Pyrenees : 



E. Manescaviy Boub. ; flowers large, f-i in. diam., 

 bright crimson, forming an umbel with a large bract 

 at the base, petals emarginate, sepals acuminate, leaves 

 all radical, pinnate, with large linear-lanceolate stipules, 

 flowering stems springing from the root, 12 to 15 in. 

 high, whole plant hairy. E. petrceum, Willd. (PI. 24) ; 



