280 MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. QCL. XVI. 



4. MA'LVA. Styles numerous. Calyx double, the outer of three 

 leaves. Capsules numerous, circularly arranged, one-seeded. 



3. ALTH^E'A. Styles numerous. Calyx double, the outer of nine 

 leaves. Capsules numerous, circularly arranged, one-seeded. 



MONADELPHIA. PENTANDRIA. 



1. ERO'DIUM. STORK'S-BILL. 



Calyx inferior, of five egg-shaped, acute, permanent leaves. 

 Petals five, inversely egg-shaped, spreading, rather longer than 

 the calyx. Nectaries, five glands, alternate with the petals. Fila- 

 ments ten, awl-shaped, united at the base ; five of them bearing 

 anthers, five alternate ones shorter and abortive; anthers oblong. 

 Germen roundish, with five furrows. Style awl-shaped, erect, 

 longer than the stamens, permanent ; stigmas oblong, reflected. 

 Capsules five, inversely egg-shaped, aggregate, each tipped with a 

 long, linear, erect, pointed, stiff awn, hairy at the inside, and 

 finally spirally twisted, adhering by its point to the top of the 

 style. Seeds one in each capsule, oblong. Named from erodios, 

 a stork or heron, whose beak the fruit resembles. 341. 



1. E. cicutdrium. Hemlock Stork's-bill. Flowers in stalked umbels ; 

 leaves pinnate, with sessile pinnatifid leaflets ; stems procumbent, hairy. 

 The whole plant is hairy and somewhat clammy, with a disagree- 

 able smell : petals rose-coloured, frequently white. Annual : flowers 

 from June to September : grows in sandy places, especially near the 

 sea : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 1768. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 229. 



999. 



2. E. moschatum. Musky Stork's-bill. Flowers in stalked umbels ; 

 leaves pinnate, with nearly sessile, elliptical, unequally cut leaflets ; 

 stems procumbent, hairy ; perfect stamens toothed at the base. 

 More hairy and clammy than the preceding, and exhaling a musky 

 smell: petals rose-coloured. Annual: flowers in June and July: 

 grows in hilly pastures, in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 902. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 230. 1000. 



3. E. maritimum. Sea Stork's-bill. Stalks few-flowered ; leaves sim- 

 ple, heart-shaped, cut, crenate, rough ; stems depressed, hairy. Petals 



minute, pale-red. Perennial : flowers from May to September : grows 

 on the sandy coasts of the south of England, and in Ireland : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol.ix. pi. 646. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 221. 1001. 



DECANDRIA. 



2. GERA'NIUM. CRANE'S-BILL. 



Calyx inferior, permanent, of five egg-shaped leaves. Petals 

 five, wedge-shaped, rounded, or inversely heart-shaped. Necta- 

 ries, five glands, alternate with the petals. Filaments ten, awl- 

 shaped, united at the base ; anthers elliptical, two-celled. Ger- 



