Geranium.] GERANIACE>E. ,55 



curved : radicle directed to the base of the cell : cotyledons fo- 

 liaceous, convolute and variously plaited. Very generally dif- 

 fused herbs or shrubs, with the stems jointed, at least in the younger 

 and herbaceous kinds, and separable at the joints. Leaves oppo- 

 site at the joints ; or alternate, and then opposite the peduncle. 

 Cirrhi none. 



1. GERANIUM. Linn. Crane's-bill. 



Style 1. Calyx of 5 sepals. Corolla of 5 regular petals. Glands 

 5. Fruit beaked, separating into 5, 1-seeded capsules, each 

 with a long naked awn. Name ; <ye/>avtoi/, of the Greeks, from 

 yepavos, a Crane ; the fruit resembling the beak of a Crane. 



Monadelphia. Decandria. 



HC Peduncles \-jftowered. 



1. G. sanguineum, Linn. Bloody Cranes-bill. Peduncles 

 1 -flowered; leaves nearly orbicular in 5 7 deep lobes, each of 

 which is trifid. Br. Fl. 1. p. 311. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 242. E. 

 Bot. t. 272. 



Rocky and stony places. On the east side of Howth, also on Kil- 

 liney Hill and other places along the coast. Fl. July. %. One foot 

 to a foot and a half high, swelling at the joints. Peduncles axillary, 

 long. Flowers large, handsome, purple. 



* * Peduncles ^-flowered. 



2. G. sylvaticum, Linn. Wood Crane's-bill. Peduncles 2- 

 flowered, leaves subpeltate with 5 or 7 deep and acute lobes, 

 which are cut and serrated ; stem erect, corymbose ; petals 

 slightly notched; capsules keeled, hairy, not wrinkled. Br.FL 

 \.p. 312. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 234. E. Bot. t. 121. 



Woods and rocky places, about the Giant's Causeway, and other 

 places in the County of Antrim ; Mrs. Mansfield and Mr. Temple- 

 ton. Fl. June, July. %. One foot to three feet high. Flowers 

 purple. 



3. G. pyrenaicum, Linn. Mountain Crane's-bill. Pedun- 

 cles 2-flowered ; leaves reniform 5 7-lobed ; lobes oblong, ob- 

 tuse, trifid, and toothed at the extremity ; stem erect, branched; 

 petals with a deep notch twice as long as the calyx. Br. FL 1. 

 p. 312. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 239. E. Bot. t. 405. 



Fields and waste places ; very common near Dublin. Fl. June, 

 July. 1. Two to three feet high, much branched. Readily distin- 

 guished from G. molle by its axillary peduncles, and much larger 

 flowers. 



4. G. lucidum, Linn. Shining Crane's-bill. Peduncles 2- 

 flowered; leaves roundish 5-lobed; lobes trifid and notched, ob- 

 tuse with a short mucro ; calyx pyramidal, angular, dentato- 



