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hairy and terminated with a beard : the Petals 

 are blue, ftreaked with red veins, not emar- 

 ginated, but obtufe and entire at the top : the 

 Jlyle is longer than ihtjia?nina. 

 It is reckon'd a vulnerary, but is out of ufe. 



**'^ Staminibns to anther if eris, 

 Vedtinculis hifiorh. O . 



GERANIUM pedunculis bifloris, calvcibus pilofis 

 decemangulatis. S'p. pi 955. {Ger em. 9^9. M^?- 

 ris. hifi. f. 5. /. 15. /, II. Fet. herb, t. (^S-f- 5- 

 Blackwell t. 480) 



Herb Robert. Anglis, 



Upon rocks and ftoney places. S . V. VI. 



The whole plant is often of a reddifh color, cover'q 

 with white hairs, and fmells like a g-oat : the 

 leaves are doubly pinnated, the exterior pinna 

 running together at the bafe, and the fegmencs 

 terminated with a red Jpinu la, or Iharp hair: the 

 calyx is hairy, bearded, ano ftreaked with ten 

 prominent lines, the firll and third leaf having 

 three of thefe lines, the fecond and tik;i '^ne only, 

 and the fourth two • the petals are roundilh and 

 entire at the top, of a red color, with white veins. 

 It vanes fometimes with a white flower, but verjr 

 rarely. 



It is reckoned aftringent and vulnerary, but is fel- 

 dcm ufed in medicine. 



Ic is laid that the fmell of the bruifed herb wiU 

 drive away bugs. 



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