GERANIACE.E. IV. GERANIUM. V. ERODIUM. 



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It is considerably astringent, and is given to cattle when they 

 make bloody water, or have the bloody flux. 



Var. ft, maritimum ; leaves more shining, as well as more 

 fleshy. H. Native of Britain, near the sea in Dorsetshire, 

 Selsy Island, Sussex. Flowers deep-crimson. 



Var. y, inclsum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 102.) stems shorter, 

 more diffuse, and more hairy ; leaves more cut and smaller. In 

 Brazil. 



Var. S, albiflorum; flowers white. Q. H. Native of En- 

 gland, on rocks near Bristol. G. Briceanum, Sweet, hort. brit. 



Herb Robert or Stinking Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Britain. 

 PI. ^ to | foot. 



75 G. PURPU'REUM (Vill. dauph. 8. p. 374. t. 40.) hairy ; 

 leaves 3-5-parted, with trifid, pinnatifid lobes ; petals entire, a 

 little longer than the angular, awned calyx ; carpels transversely 

 wrinkled ; seeds even, smooth. $ . H. Native of Dauphiny, 

 on rocks. G. Robertianum ft, purpureum, D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 C 14. Stem ascending. Flowers bright-crimson. Very like the 

 preceding, but is easily distinguished by the leaves being 5 times 

 smaller ; petals shorter ; carpels with 3 transverse wrinkles each. 

 Herb with a strong disagreeable scent. 



Purple Herb-Robert or Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 

 1819. PI. | foot. 



76 G. MOSQUJE'NSE (Goldb. mem. soc. mosc. 5. p. 133.) stem 

 erect, corymbosely-panicled ; leaves 3-5-parted, with very nar- 

 row, cuspidate segments ; petals entire, longer than the calyx. 

 O- H. Native of Russia, in marshes about Moscow. Herb 

 with a very faint smell. It differs from G. Robertianum in the 

 stem being corymbosely-panicled, erect, not dichotomous, nor 

 diffuse, and with the segments of the leaves much narrower, cus- 

 pidate, not obtuse. 



Moscow Herb-Robert or Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. PI. 

 1 foot. 



77 G. INODORUM ; diffuse, hairy ; leaves opposite, ternate, 

 and quinate, trifidly-pinnatifid ; peduncles 2-flowered ; petals 

 entire, twice the length of the awned calyx ; carpels reticulated. 



$ . H. Native of North America, from New York to Virginia, 

 in shady moist places on rocks. G. Robertianum, Pursh. fl. 

 amer. sept. 2. p. 449. Flowers pale-red. Like the four pre- 

 ceding species, but without that strong disagreeable smell. 

 Scentless Herb-Robert or Crane's-bill. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 



1800. PI. \ foot. 



Species not well known. 



78 G. RANUNCULOIDES (Burni. ger. no. 4.) peduncles very 

 long, 1 -flowered ; leaves orbicular, multifid ; root tuberous; 

 branches dichotomous. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. This species is probably distinct from G. canescens. 



Cronfoot-like Crane's-bill. PI. 



79 G. LUPINOIDES (Burm. ger. no. 65.) peduncles radical, 

 twin, bifid, twice the length of the petioles ; leaves orbicular, cut, 

 downy ; lobes linear. T . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Pluk. t. 1 86. f. 3. This species comes near to G. ar- 

 genteum. 



Lupine-like Crane's-bill. PI. J foot. 



Cult. The hardy, perennial, herbaceous kinds of Geranium 

 are mostly beautiful plants, with shewy flowers, of various hues ; 

 these are well adapted for ornamenting flower-borders ; they 

 will thrive well in any common garden soil, except the G. argen- 

 teum and the Nipaul species, which should be grown on rock- 

 work or in pots, in order that they may be protected during 

 winter. A mixture of loam, peat, and a little sand, will suit 

 these last well. The green-house and frame species will thrive 

 best in a mixture of loam and peat, or any light vegetable soil ; 

 these are readily increased by cuttings, planted in the same kind 

 of soil, or from cuttings of the roots, but the hardy herbaceous, 



VOL. i. PART vin. 



perennial kinds are to be increased by dividing the plants at 

 the root in spring or autumn, and the whole may be increased by 

 seeds, which ripen in abundance. The annual kinds are in 

 general not so shewy as the perennial species ; the seeds of them 

 only require to be sown in the open border early in spring. 



V. ERO'DIUM (from tpw&oe, erodios, a heron ; form of 

 carpels resembling the head and beak). Lher. ger. icon, et text, 

 ined. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 838. prod. 1. p. 644. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Pentandria, Calyx of 5 ovate, glan- 

 dular, pointed, concave, permanent sepals. Petals 5, regular or 

 irregular. Stamens 10, monadelphous at the base, 5 of which 

 are fertile, the alternate 5 sterile, with a gland at the base of 

 each of the sterile filaments. Awns of carpels bearded on the 

 inside, and at length spirally twisted, adhering by their points to 

 the top of the style Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves various in 

 form. Stipulas membranous. Peduncles generally many- 

 flowered, very seldom 1-flowered. Every part of the plants, 

 when bruised, emit a strong peculiar odour. 



1 . Leaves pinnate or pinnatijid. 

 * Slemless. 



1 E. TATA'RICUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 625.) stemless ; pedun- 

 cles usually 2-flowered ; leaves pubescent, pinnate ; leaflets pin- 

 natifid, with linear lobes ; rachis naked between the segments ; 

 petals obovate, twice as long as the calyx. T(.. H. Native of 

 Tartary and Ulterior Siberia. Root about the thickness of the 

 little finger. Flowers blue or violet. 



Tartarian Heron's-bill. PI. \ foot. 



2 E. SUPRACA'NUM (Lher. ger. t. 2.) stemless ; peduncles 

 2-4-flowered ; leaves hoary above, pinnate, with pinnatifid 

 leaflets, and lanceolate-linear lobes ; rachis toothed between 

 the segments ; petals retuse, twice as long as the calyx, "if. . H. 

 Native of Spain near Barcelona on rocks in the mountains. 

 Geranium rupestre, Cav. diss. 4. t. 90. f. 4. Root thick, woody. 

 Flowers bluish-purple. 



ffoary-above-leaved Heron's-bill. PI. ^ foot. 



3 E. PETRJE'UM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 625.) stemless ; peduncles 

 many-flowered ; leaves smoothish, pinnate, with pinnatifid seg- 

 ments and lanceolate-linear lobes ; rachis toothed between the 

 segments ; petals retuse, twice as long as the calyx. If. . H. 

 Native of the south of France on dry exposed rocks. Geranium 

 petrae'um, Gouan. ill. 45. t. 21. f. 1. Cav. diss. 4. p. 224. t. 96. 

 f. 2. Geranium fee tidum, Park, theatr. 709. E. fce'tidum, Lher. 

 ger. ined. no. 6. Leaves smoothish. Peduncles and petioles 

 beset with spreading hairs. Flowers purple. 



Var. ft, crispum (Lapeyr. abr. 390.) leaves more villous, and 

 more curled. If.. H. Native of the Pyrenees on rocks. 



Var. y, lucidum (Lapeyr. abr. 390.) leaves smooth. I/ . H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees on rocks. 



Rock Heron's-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1640. PI. -1 foot. 



4 E. GLANDULOSUM (Willd. spec. 3. p. 628.) stemless ; pe- 

 duncles many-flowered ; leaves clothed with glandular pubes- 

 cence, pinnate, with bipinnatifid segments and lanceolate linear 

 lobes ; rachis toothed between the segments ; petals somewhat 

 equal, twice'the length of the calyx. * I/ . H. Native of Spain 

 and the Pyrenees. E. macradenum, Lher. ger. t. 1. Geranium 

 glandulosunr, Cav. diss. 5. t. 125. f. 2. Geranium radicatum, 

 Lapeyr. pyr. t. 1 . Corolla pale-violet ; petals acute, the two 

 broadest ones dark-purple at the base, and with branched lines. 



Glandular Heron's-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PI. | ft. 



5 E. TRICHOMANEFOLIUM (Lher. ined. no. 3. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 645.) stemless ; peduncles 4-flowered ; leaves hairy, rather 

 glandular, bipinnate, with oblong-linear lobules ; petals blunt, a 

 little longer than the calyx. If. . H. Native of mount Libanon. 

 Flowers flesh-coloured, and marked with darker lines. 



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