Erodium.] GERANIACEJE. 83 



axillary peduncles, protcrandrous. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, hypogy- 

 nous, imbricate, 2 upper sometimes deficient. Stamens 5, alternating with 

 scale-like staminodes. Disk of 5 glands opposite tbe sepals. Ovary, 

 fruit and seed as in Geranium, but tails of carpels spirally twisted and 

 usually silky on the inner surface. — Disteib. Europe, N. Africa, temp. 

 Asia ; rare in S. Africa and Australia ; species 50. — Etym. 4pdb8ios, a 

 heron, from the form of the fruit. 



1. E. cicu.ta'rium, L'Herit. ; leaves 1-2-pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, 

 segments narrow cut, peduncles few- or many-fid., filaments entire. 

 "Waste places, most frequent by the sea ; ascends to 1.200 ft. in N. "Wales ; 



Ireland; Channel Islands ; fl. June-Sept.— Annual or biennial ; laxly hairy 

 and glandular. Stems at first short, then elongating to 6-24 in., prostrate 

 or decumbent Leaves 6-18 in., oblong ; stipules lanceolate. Peduncles 

 longer than the leaves, strict. Flowers §-§■ in. diam., umbelled, rosy or 

 white. Sepals hairy. Petals rather unequal, two often with a red spot, 

 entire. Carpels hairy with an eglandular subapical pit and usually a shallow 

 curved furrow below the pit ; pedicel reflexed. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, 

 Siberia, "W. Asia to N."W. India. 

 E. cicuta'rium proper (var. vulqata, Syme, E. pimphtellcpfolium, Cav., E. 

 commix'tum, Jord.) ; pinnules short, lobes obtuse or subacute, petals hardly 

 longer than the 3epals which have spreading often glandular hairs. — Var. 

 E. clmrophyl'lum, Cav., pinnules with longer more acute lobes, petals twice 

 as long as the eglandular sepals which have appressed hairs, 



2. E. moscha'tum, L'Herit. ; leaves pinnate, leaflets deeply sharply 

 irregularly serrate, antheriferous filaments toothed at the base. 



Waste places, &c, from "Worcester and Pembroke to Cornwall and Dorset ; 

 local in Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-July. — Larger than E. cicuta- 

 rium, covered with spreading hairs, smelling strongly of musk. Stem 2 ft., 

 stout ; stipules broadly ovate, obtuse. Flowers pale rose-purple. Carpels 

 hairy with a glandular subapical pit subtended by a deep curved furrow. — 

 Distrib. Europe, N. Africa. "W. Asia. 



3. E. marit'imum, L'JTerit. ; leaves simple oblong or ovate-cordate, 

 margin lobulate, lobes crenate, peduncles 1-2-fld., filaments entire. 

 Sandy and gravelly places chiefly near the sea, from "Wigton southd. ; all round 



Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Sept. — Small, hairy, annual or biennial.. 

 Stems 6-16 in., decumbent Leaves £- J in., petiole longer; stipules ovate. 

 Flowers £ in. diam., pale pink. Petals sometimes 0. Carpels hairy with a 

 deep subapical eglandular pit subtenderl by a straight deep furrow. — 

 Distrib. W. Europe, from France to Italy. 



3. OX'ALIS, L. WOOD-SOHREL. 



Acid herbs. Leaves radical or alternate, stipulate or exstipulate, com- 

 pound, usually 3-foliolate. Flowers on axillary 1- or more-flowered, 

 peduncles, regular. Sepals 5, imbricate in bud. Petals 5, twisted in bud. 

 Stamens 10, distinct or connate at the base. Disk 0. Ovary 5-lobed, 

 5-celled ; styles 5, stigmas terminal ; ovules 1 or more in each cell. 



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