718 



GERANIACE^E. IV. GERANIUM. 



ments of stamens pilose. I/ H. Native of Kamtschatka and 

 the western coast of North America. Flowers blue. 

 Hairy-flowered Crane's-bill. PL 1 foot. 



41 G. SYLVA'TICUM (Lin. spec. 954.) stem round, erect, 

 smooth ; leaves somewhat 5-7-lobed, with the lobes oblong, deep- 

 ly-toothed ; peduncles rather corymbose ; petals somewhat 

 emarginate, hairy at the claws ; filaments of stamens ciliated to 

 the middle. If. . H. Native of the north of Europe in thickets 

 and pastures. Plentiful in the north of England and Scotland in 

 thickets by the sides of rivers or rivulets. Smith, engl. bot. t. 

 121. Carpels hairy. Stem beset with reflexed hairs. Flowers 

 purple or blue, with crimson veins. 



Wood Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. 2 feet. 



42 G. BATRACHIOI'DES (Cav. PJQ jjg 

 diss. 4. p. 211. t. 85. f. 1.) stem 



round, erect, hairy ; leaves with 

 5-7 deep lobes, which are pinnati- 

 fid, or deeply-serrated ; peduncles 

 rather corymbose ; petals entire ; 

 filaments of stamens awl-shaped, 

 ciliated at the middle. 1 . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe in 

 woods. Calyx inflated. Flowers 

 larger than those of G. sylvdticum, 

 blue. This species differs from 

 G. sylvaticum in having leaves 

 more like those of G. pratense, 

 and in the flowers being larger and 

 blue, with entire petals, never 

 notched. We are of opinion that 

 the double flowering variety of G. 

 pratense in the gardens is a variety of this species. 



Batrachium-like Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



43 G. PRATE'NSB (Lin. spec. 954.) stem round, erect, downy; 

 leaves 7-parted, with sharply-pinnatifid and deeply-serrated, 

 linear lobes ; peduncles somewhat corymbose ; petals entire ; 

 filaments of stamens smooth, but much dilated at the base. Tf. . 

 H. Native of Europe in rich, rather moist pastures and thickets. 

 In several places of Britain in hilly parts ; also at Battersea, 

 Harrow, and other places not far from London. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 424. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 4. t.49. Cav. diss. 4. p. 210. t. 87. 

 f. 1. Delaun. herb. amat. t. 118. G. batrachioides, Rai. syn. 

 360. This species is larger in every part than G. sylvdticum. 

 Flowers large, blue. Carpels hairy. 



Var. ft,Jldre dlbo ; flowers white. 



Var. y, fldre variegato ; flower variegated with white and 

 blue, sometimes some of the petals are white and others blue. 



Var. S,Jldre plena ; flowers double, blue ; leaves not so much 

 cut as those of the single varieties, and more hairy. This is 

 probably a variety of G. batrachioides. Found by the late lady 

 Charlotte Murray in Scotland, near Athol house. 



Meadow Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



44 G. LO'NGIPES (D. C. mem. soc. gen. 1. p. 442.) stem 

 round, erect, smooth ; leaves palmate, rather peltate, with 5-7 

 deeply-cut, oblong lobes ; peduncles very long, from the forks 

 of the branches ; petals entire ; filaments of stamens awl-shaped, 

 smooth. Tf.. H. Native of? G. Londesii, Link. enum. 2. p. 

 196. Flowers large, of a lilac-violet colour. Calyx>$iwned. 



Long-stalked Crane's-bill. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. PL 

 1 to 1-| foot. 



45 G. MACULA'TUM (Lin. spec. 955.) stem rather angular, 

 erect, dichotomous, covered with retrograde pubescence ; leaves 

 3-5-parted, with deeply-toothed lobes ; radical ones on long 

 stalks, upper ones opposite, sessile ; petals obovate, entire ; fila 

 ments of stamens hardly ciliated at the base. I/ . H. Native 



of North America from Canada to Carolina, in shady woods and 

 meadows. Cav. diss. 4. t. 86. f. 2. Bigel. am. med. bot. 1. 

 p. 84. t. 8. Sweet, ger. 332. Flowers pale-lilac, some- 

 times as large as those of G. pratense, at others one-half 

 smaller. This species is known in some parts of the mountains 

 of North America by the name of alum root, on account of the 

 astringent taste of its roots, which are very successfully employ- 

 ed in curing the flux and dysentery among children, which is a 

 disease very prevalent in those countries. It may be used in 

 powder or in extract. Its doses are similar to those of kino, a 

 drachm or two of the tincture, 20 or 30 grains of the powder, 

 and a quantity somewhat less of the extract. The tincture forms 

 an excellent external application in sore throats and ulcerations 

 of the mouth. The experiments of D. Bigelow indicate the 

 presence of tannin and gallic acid, the former in large quantities. 

 The proportion of tannin seems considerably to exceed that of 

 the kino. Alcohol and proof spirit readily dissolve the active 

 constituents of the root. The tincture is the most convenient 

 mode for keeping the article for use. 



Spotted Crane's-bill. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1732. PL 1 foot. 



46 G. DAHURICUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 642.) stem erect, 

 smooth, naked at the base ; cauline leaves opposite, 3-5-parted, 

 with cut, acute lobes ; peduncles 3 times longer than the leaves, 

 fruit bearing ones deflexed ; calyxes smoothish ; petals entire, 

 much bearded at the base ; stamens awl-shaped, ciliated. }/ . H. 

 Native of Dahuria in bogs. Root with elongated tubers in fasci- 

 cles, as in G. aconitifolium, to which it is very nearly allied. 

 Flowers pale-blue ? 



Dahurian Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL 

 lifoot. 



47 G. ACONITIFOHUM (Lher. ger. t. 40.) stem rather ascend- 

 ing, smoothish ; leaves rather peltate, 7-9-parted, with jagged 

 lobes ; peduncles and calyxes villous ; petals entire ; stamens 

 awl-shaped, smoothish. y.. H. Native of the Alps of Dau- 

 phiny and Switzerland by the sides of rivulets. G. rivulare, 

 Vill. dauph. 3. t. 40. Roots fascicled. Flowers white, and 

 full of purple lines, but are one-half smaller than those of G. 

 pratense. Anthers purple. Stems rather ascending, not truly 

 erect. 



Monk's-hood-leaved Crane's-bill. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1775. 

 PL 1| foot. 



48 G. BIFOLIUM (Patrin, ined. D. C. prod. 1. p. 642.) stem 

 smooth, erect, naked under the bifurcation ; radical leaves two, 

 stalked, three times shorter than the stem, the rest opposite, and 

 sessile, all of which are gftthed with pressed hairs, 7-parted, with 

 linear, pinnate-toothed lobes ; calyxes clothed with close-pressed 

 villi ; petals entire ; stamens ciliated. If. H. Native of Da- 

 huria about Barnaoul. Flowers blue ? 



Two-leaved Crane's-bill. Fl. May, July. PI. 1 foot. 



49 G. CJERU'LEUM (Patr. ined. D. C. prod. 1. p. 642.) stem 

 smooth, naked at the base, dichotomous; cauline leaves oppo- 

 site, 5-7-parted, with pinnate-cut, acute lobes ; calyxes very 

 villous ; petals entire, scarcely puberulous at the base ; stamens 

 ciliated. I/ . H. Native of Dahuria in fields. Flowers small, 

 light-blue. This species is like the three preceding, in having 

 the petals just a little longer than the calyx. 



Blue Crane's-bill. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. PL 1 foot. 



50 G. CRISTA'TUM (Stev. mem. soc. hist. nat. mosc. 4. p. 50. 

 t. 5.) stem flaccid, simple; leaves kidney-shaped, 7-lobed ; lobes 

 trifid ; lobules 3-toothed ; peduncles elongated, and are, as well 

 as the calyxes, hispid ; petals emarginate, larger than the calyx ; 

 carpels crested, as in Onobrychis Cdput-Galli. If. . H. Native 

 of Albania and Iberia at the river Jucharibasch. G. Albanum, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 137. Flowers purple. 



CVesfcrf-carpelled Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL 1 foot. 



