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II. DECANDRIA. 



210. GERANIUM. 



1. G. sylvaticum, stem erect; leaves about 7-lobed, cut and 

 serrated; stalks 2 -flowered, somewhat corymbose; flowers large, 

 light purple, veined ; stamens awl-shaped, fringed ; capsules 

 hairy all over. Wood Crane's-bill. 



Hab. Woods about Houndwood and Renton, Berwick- 

 shire. Banks of Wooler Water above and below Lang- 

 ley -ford. June, July. If 



2. G. pratense, leaves in about 7 deep segments, sharply pin* 

 natifid and serrated; stalks 2-flowered; flowers larger, blue; 

 stamens smooth, much dilated at the base ; capsules hairy all 

 over. Meadow Crane's-bill. 



Hob. Road-sides, and banks of rivers and ditches, frequent. 

 June, July. 11 



3. G. Robertianum, stem spreading, red ; leaves somewhat pe- 

 date, pinnatifid, 5-angled ; stalks 2-flowered ; flowers purple ; 

 calyx with 10 angles ; capsules wrinkled, simply keeled. Stink- 

 ing Crane's-bill, or Herb-Robert. 



Hab. Woods, and rough stony places frequent. May 

 Oct. 



This herb has a strong disagreeably pungent smell, especial- 

 ly after rain. In autumn it assumes a deep red hue. 



4. G. Itwidum, shining, smooth ; leaves 5 - lobed, rounded ; 

 stalks 2-flowered ; flowers small, rose-coloured ; calyx pyramidal, 

 transversely wrinkled ; capsules wrinkled, triply keeled. Shin- 

 ing C ranees-bill. 



Hab. Rocky banks of the Eye opposite Netherbyres, Rev. 

 A. Baird. May Aug. 



5. G. molle, stems spreading, downy ; stalks 2-flowered, alter- 

 nate, opposite to the leaves, which are rounded, many-lobed, 

 notched and downy ; flowers small, purple, with cloven petals ; 



