THE HERB ROBERT. 361 



HERB EGBERT, CRANE'S BILL. 



Geranium. 



Welsh, Pig y aran. French, Geranium, Bee de grue. German, 

 Storchschnadel. Italian, Geranio. Spanish, Geranio. 

 Illyric, Babino xilice (G. molle), Igliza, Igla, Pastirska (G. 

 Robertitinum), Iljca, &c. Arabic, Temayr (G. tuberosum), 

 Murghayt, Gurna. 



NATURAL. 



Monadelphia. Geranidcece. 



(Pentandria.) Geranium. 



Decandria. Erodium. 



Pelargonium. 



THE wild geraniums are not to be confounded 

 with the so-called geraniums of our gardens, which, 

 though of the order of the geranidcece, belong to 

 the sub-di vision pelargonium ; and it is well known 

 that the five petals both of the geraniums and ero- 

 diums are all of the same size, and frequently of 

 aspect also ; while the inferior petals of the pelargo- 

 niums are smaller than the other two, and of a dif- 

 ferent character. These last, which grow in great pro- 

 fusion at the Cape of Good Hope, have been exten- 

 sively introduced into our gardens, where they are 

 admired for their variety and beauty ; but still our 

 own humble geraniums have a beauty of their own, 

 and when wild in their native localities we bestow 

 on them almost as much admiration as on our 



