434 xxxii. GERANIACE.E. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Erodiun. 



2 pits at the top below the beak. Seeds exalbuminous ; embryo incumbent 

 on the induplicate or nexuous radicle. DISTRIB. About 50 species, natives 

 of temperate regions in the Old World, whence a few have escaped to the 

 New, and to the Southern Hemisphere. 



* Beak of carpels ventrally clothed with rigid setae that disappear 

 towards the tip. 

 t Leaves l-^.-3-pinnatissct. 



1. E. cicutarium, Leman ; DC. Prodr. i. 646; annual, leaves pin- 

 natisect pinnules pinnatilid not (It-current, sepals mucroiiate, filanu'nts 

 glabrous not toothed. Boiss. Fl. Orient. L MM. / E. hiinalayanum, liable 

 III. 150. 



Western India, from Sixmi and the PAX.TAII to SIMLA, asccn ling to 8000 ft. in 

 LITTLE Tir.i.r, near Iskardo. DISTKIM. Westward to Algeria and throughout Kuu>i>e 

 and temperate N. Asia: intmdiuvd elsewhere. 



-nt and glandular. Jlnim-hi * short or long, sometimes 2 ',} ft. Leave* ohlong, 

 pinnules 7-1 1 pairs sessile; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, searious. }'n/n,<cl, $ 

 inany-ilo\vered ; pedicels lioary ; bracts small. connate, ovate, hvaliuo. X< pnl* .Vnerved, 

 margined. /\f<i/x obovate, unequal, bearded at the base, purple, often spotted. l>ih 

 <>i < a i- 1 (!.< .') limes as long as the cell, scabrous outside, almost glabrous above, pits 

 with a concentric fold. Seeds very smooth ; cotyledons 



2. E. ciconium, Will<l. ; I)<\ /'r</r. i. CK; ; annual, leaves pinn.v 

 ])innuk-s jiinnatifid decurrent, sepals awnt-d, lilaments ciliate nut toothed. 

 /'/. Orient, i. 891. 



P.\ v.i ,\r., ii<-ar ]\nhat in the Salt Kaugo, Stewart. DisTRin. Westward to Syria, the 



Caucasus, and S. Km 



Puliocent and viscid. Ilroncltes stout, ascending. Ltur,s ovate, pinnules toothed ; 



stipules ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, scarious. ]\ <l,ni<-l, .s- longer than the haves, 

 J y. -!l.\vered ; lirarts si-ai'iMiis. mucronate, ciliate. X. /mix o\ ate, membranous, with.'] 

 glandular hairy nerves with long cili;e and a long rough awn. /We/ As purple, obovale. 

 ' subulate at the base, glabrous, with white hairs and a glabrous sear at the 



tip, pits without a fold ; beak \ery long, scabrous outside, \vi:h brown hairs at the top 

 and longer setie below. 



3. E. Stephanianum, IIV/A/. .- I)C. r,-<lr. i. 645 ; annual, leaves 

 2-pinnatisect sognu-nts decuri'dit acutely toothed, sepals awiied, filaiiu-iits 

 ciliate toothed on one side. LI>I>. /'/. /{>#<. i. 47") /// /"//''. 



Wi-: STERN TIIJET, Ladak and Nubra, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Thomson. DISTKIB. Siberia, 



China. 



Pubescent and pilose. Branches diffuse. Stipules cuneate, acute, ciliate. Peduncle* 2-o- 

 flowered ; bracts linear, reflexed, ciliate. ft /xilx ovate, o-n<.;rved, ciliate, awn long. l'< t<il# 

 as long as the sepals, broadly ovate, nerved, ciliate at the base. Carpels hispid. -V. , <ls 

 glabrous, minutely aciculate. The Siberian specimen in Herb. Kew. resembles the 

 Tibetan, and does not accord with Ledebour's description as to the stamens, which, 

 however, Chinese specimens do. 



ft Leaves not pinnatisect. 



4. E. tibetanum, E<l<f<>w. ; annual?, leaves 3-fid velvety beneath, 

 sepals obovate obtuse not awned, carpels not pitted below the beak. 



WKSTKRN TIBET, Falconer; Ladak Valley below Hanle, alt. 12-15,000 ft, Thotn- 

 gon, Ifai/. f 



I loary, almost stemless. Leaves oblong-ovate, more or less inciso-crenate ; stipules 

 cuneate, scarious, ciliate. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 2- or more-flowered, bracts 

 ciliate. &pals pubescent, with a small knob in place of a mucro. Petals elliptic, 



