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GERANIACE^E. IV. GERANIUM. 



* * * Stems erect, rarely diffuse. 



11 G. SANGUI'NEUM (Lin. spec. 958.) stems erector diffuse, 

 branched ; peduncles axillary, much longer than the petioles, 

 furnished with 2 bracteas in the middle ; leaves opposite, 5-7- 

 parted, with trifid lobes and linear lobules. If. H. Native of 

 Europe, in bushy, stony, rather hilly situations, or upon lime- 

 stone rocks; plentiful in Britain. Cav. diss. 4. t. 76. f. 1. 

 (Ed. fl. dan. t. 1107. Hook. fl. lond. t. 155. Engl. bot. t. 

 272. G. hae'matodes, Ray. Roots stout, woody, of a dark- 

 reddish-brown, and an astringent quality : for other qualities see 

 Geranium maculatum. Flowers large, of a beautiful crimson or 

 blood-colour. 



Var. /3, villosissimum (D. C. fl. fr. no. 4541.) stems prostrate, 

 and are, as well as the leaves, very villous ; flowers purple, with 

 white claws. If.. H. Native of Europe, particularly in the 

 south of France, in bushy places. 



Var. y, biflbrum ; peduncles 2-flowered. If,. H. Native of 

 Switzerland. 



Bloody. flowered Crane's-bill. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. /3 trailing. 



12 G. POTENTILL.SFOI.IUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 639.) stejrt' 

 branched, rather diffuse ; peduncles axillary, much longet^Kah 

 the petioles, furnished with 2 bracteas above the middle ; leaves 

 opposite, on short petioles, clothed with white down beneath, 5- 

 parted, with jagged lobes and linear lobules. If. . S. -Native of 

 New Spain. G. pedunculare, Willd. herb. Flowrfs very like 

 those of G. incanum, but the peduncles are 1-flowered. 



Cinque/oil- leaved Crane's-bill. PI. diffuse. 



13 G. SIBI'RICUM (Lin. spec. 957.) stem erect, rather diffuse, 

 branched ; peduncles longer than the leaves, furnished with 2 

 bracteas beneath the middle ; leaves 5-6-parted, with oblong, 

 deeply-toothed lobes. If.. H. Native of Siberia, Caucasus, and 

 China. Cav. diss. 4. t. 77. f. 1. Jacq. hort.vind. l*t.*19. Gmel. 

 sib. 3. t. 67. Corolla lilac, marked with purple stripes. 



Siberian Crane's-bill. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1758. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



14 G. CHILOE'NSE (Willd. in H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 5. p. 231.) stem branched, silky, glandularly-pilose ; leaves 5- 

 lobed, pubescent, with oblong, trifid, toothed segments ; flowers 

 axillary ? If . G. Native of Quito and Chiloe. G. pubescens, 

 Willd. herb. Flowers white. 



Chiloe Crane's-bill. PI. 1 foot. 



15 G. AGAVACE'NSE (Willd. mss. in H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 

 231.) stem divaricate, smooth ; leaves 5-parted, with lanceolate, 

 2-parted segments, intermediate one bifid ; flowers axillary, on 

 long peduncles. 2f. G. Native of Peru, near Ayavaca. G. 

 partitum, Willd. herb. Flowers white. 



Ayavaca Crane's-bill. PI. 1 foot. 



16 G. niFFu'suM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. I.e.) stems 

 branched, diffuse, beset with reflexed hairs ; peduncles a little 

 shorter than the petioles ; leaves profoundly 5-cleft, covered with 

 close-pressed hairs beneath ; segments 3-lobed ; calyxes mucro- 

 nated. "%.. G. Native of Peru on the mountains! Flowers 

 unknown. Very like G. molle. 



Diffuse Crane's-bill. PI. diffuse. 



2. Perennials. Peduncles 2-Jlowered. 

 * Stem permanent, or shrubby at the base. 



17 ANEMON^FOLIUM (Lher. ger. t. 36.) stem suffruticose ; 

 leaves smooth, palmately 5-cleft, with bipinnatifidly-cleft seg- 

 ments, upper ones 3-parted ; peduncles opposite, erect, smooth Jj . 

 F. Native of Madeira and Teneriffe. Sweet, ger. t. 244. Curt, 

 bot. mag. 206. G. palmatum, Cav. diss. 4. t. 84. f. 2. G. ke- 

 vigatum, Burm. ex Lher. mss. Flowers large, purplish-red. 



Anemone-leaved Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1788. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 G. MACRORHI'ZON (Lin. mant. 343.) stem suffruticose at the 

 base, dichotomous at the apex ; leaves smooth, 5-parted, with 

 the lobes toothed at the apex ; calyxes globose, inflated ; petals 

 entire, a little reflexed ; stamens bending down. If. . H. Native 

 of Italy, Carinthia, and Greece. Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 134. Cav. 

 diss. 4. p. 212. t. 85. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2420. Sweet, ger. 271. 

 Flowers deep-red, or bright-purple. Peduncles sometimes um- 

 bellate. 



Long-rooted Crane's-bill. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1576. PL 1 ft. 



* * Stems short, permanent at the base. 



19 G. INCA'NUM (Lin. spec. 957.) stems trailing ; leaves clothed 

 with white down beneath, 5-7-parted, with multifid, linear lobes ; 

 peduncles elongated ; calyx clothed with pressed, silky hairs ; 

 petals entire. Tf. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Burm. ger. 26. t. 1. Cav. diss. 4. t. 82. f. 2. Leaves almost 

 like those of Potentilla argentea. Flowers white ? 



Hoary-leaved Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1701. PI. proc. 



20 G. CANE'SCENS (Lher. ger. t. 38.) stems trailing ; leaves 

 hoary beneath, 5-parted, with oblong, deeply-toothed segments ; 

 peduncles very long, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with 

 glandular hairs ; petals emarginate. l/.G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. This species is allied on the one hand to G. 

 incanum, and on the other hand to G. asphodeloides. Flowers 

 pink. This and the preceding species have long trailing stems. 



Canescent Crane's-bill. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1787. PI. proc. 



21 G. SUBCAULE'SCENS (Lhr. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 640.) 

 stem very short ; leaves almost radical, villous, rather greyish, 

 5-parted, with blunt, 3-toothed lobes ; down on peduncles, and 

 petioles spreading ; petals very blunt, longer than the villous 

 calyx. If.. H. Native on the top of mount Parnassus. G. 

 asphodeloides, Smith, fl. grsec. 2. t. 661. prod. 2. p. 40. Habit 

 of G. canescens. It is probably only a variety of G. asphode- 

 loldes. Flowers red. 



Subcaulescent Crane's-bill. PL \ foot. 



22 G. DONIA'NUM (Sweet, ger. 38.) stemless ; leaves deeply 

 5-parted, with multifid segments, and linear, blunt lobes, pilose 

 beneath ; scape tetragonal, ascending, somewhat trichotomous 

 at the base, villous. If . H. Native of Nipaul in Gosaingsthan. 

 G. muldfidum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 207. Flowers purple. 

 Calyxes pointed. Herb without, or with a very short stem. 



Don's Crane's-bill. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1817. PL | foot. 



23 G. ARGE'NTEUM (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 324.) stem very short ; 

 leaves all almost radical, on long petioles, hoary or silky on both 

 surfaces, 5-7-parted, with trifid lobes, and linear lobules; pe- 

 duncles almost radical; petals emarginate. If. F. Native of 

 the Alps of Provence, Piedmont, and Carinthia. Sweet, ger. t. 

 59. Sims, bot. mag. t. 504. Pon. bald. t. 342. Segu. ver. I- 

 p. 471. t. 10. Flowers^farge, pale-red, with darker stripes. 



Silvery-leaved Crane's-bill. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1699. PI. A ft. 



24 G. CINE'REUM (Cav. diss. 4. p. 204. t. S9. f. 1.) plant 

 almost stemless ; leaves almost radical, stalked, clothed with 

 glaucous pubescence, 5-7-parted, with wedge-shaped, trifid lobes ; 

 peduncles almost radical ; petals emarginate. If. . F. Native of 

 the Pyrenees. G. varium, Lher. ger. t. 37. G. cineraceum, 

 Lapeyr. pyr. t. 2. Root as in the preceding, thick, and woody. 

 Flowers pale-red, with darker stripes. 



Grey Crane's-bill. Fl. June, Aug. PL ^ foot. , 



* * * Roots tuberous ; stems erect or diffuse. 



25 G. TUBERO'SUM (Lin. spec. 953.) root almost globose; 

 stem from the base to the fork naked ; leaves many-parted, with 

 linear, pinnatifid, serrated lobes. Tf..H. Native in fields from 

 Marseilles to Tauria, particularly in Italy and Silesia. Sweet, 

 ger. t. 155. Cav. diss. 4. t. 78. f. 1. Lob. icon. t. 661. f. 2. 

 Mor. oxon. 5. t. 16. f. 21. G. radicatum, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 132. 



