626 



Plants of ihc Punjabi 



Probvbavb Hbrbb with Opposivb Stipvlavb Lobbd Lbavbb. 



PxrAI.8 U17UWIIBD, 



Geranium molle, 

 Dove's foot 

 Gemanium, 



GEBANIACBiB, 



F. B. I. i. 432. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 ft. 

 Kistwar (Thomson). 



like the last species, but floweirs purple, petals bristly 

 ftt the base, carpels wrinkled, seeds smooth. 



Geranium lucidum, 

 Crane '« Bill, 



Gbraniacb^. 



F. B. I. i. 483. 



Himalaya, 



6.9,000 ft. 



Simla on old walls 



(Collett). 



annual, nearly smooth, shining, branches bright red, 

 leaves f-1^ in, diam., circular 5-7-lobed, lobes 5-fid, wedge- 

 shaped, lobes short, broad, stipules I in., short-pointed, 

 flowers \ in. diam., pink, calyx 5-angled, sepals erect, 

 short-pointed minutely, tips converging, petals entire ; 

 for other characters see the last species. 



Geranium 

 oeellatum, 



Bhand. 

 Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 433. 

 Low hills at 

 1,000-6,000 ft. 

 Simla, Annandale 

 (Collett). 

 Madhopur. 

 Salt Range. 

 Kashmii. 



annual, grey-velvety or hairy, glandular, much branch- 

 ed, stems 12-18 in., prostrate or rising, leaves ^-2 in., diam. 

 circular, palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes 3-lobulate, toothed, 

 petals pink, bases dark purple forming an almost black 

 centre in the flower, sepals short-pointed with a minute 

 bristle-tip, petals broad, entire ; for other characters see 

 the last species. This plant is used as an astringent. 



Erodium 

 eicutarium, 

 Stork's bill, 



GERANIACEiB. 



F. B. I. i. 434. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree, Kashmir, 

 Baluchistan. 



annual, hairy, st^'cky-glandular, stems tufted, branches 

 prostrate, 6-24 in. long, joints swollen, leaves l|-4 in., 

 chiefly radical, pinnately divided, pinnules 14-22, pinnately 

 divided, lobes again divided, stipules ovate- lanceolate, 

 long-pointed, thin, flowers small, purple, often spotted 

 in stalked axillary, erect 2-10-flowered umbels, minor 

 flower stalks grey, bracts small, ovate, united, transparent, 

 sepals 5, short-pointed, minute tip, petah 5, unequal, 

 entire, alternating with 5 glands, stamens 5, alternating 

 with 5 staminodes ; other characters like Geranium nepalense 

 except that the ripe carpels are pitted at the top, style! 

 silky on the inner side. 



