280 MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. [CL. XVI. 



4. MA'LVA. Styles numerous. Calyx double, the outer of three 

 leaves. Capsules numerous, circularly arranged, one-seeded. 



3. ALTH^'A. Styles numerous. Calyx double, the outer of nine 

 leaves. Capsules numerous, circularly arranged, one-seeded. 



MONADELPHIA. PENTANDKIA. 



1. ERO'DIUM. STORK'S-BILL. 



Calyx inferior, of five egg-shaped, acute, permanent leaves. 

 Petals five, inversely egg-shaped, spreading, rather longer than 

 the calyx. Nectaries, five glands, alternate with the petals. 

 Filaments ten, awl -shaped, united at the base ; five of them 

 bearing anthers, five alternate ones shorter and abortive ; anthers 

 oblong. Germen roundish, with five furrows. Style awl- 

 shaped, erect, longer than the stamens, permanent ; stigmas ob- 

 long, reflected. Capsules five, inversely egg-shaped, aggregate, 

 each tipped with a long, linear, erect, pointed, stiff awn, hairy 

 at the inside, and finally spirally twisted, adhering by its point 

 to the top of the style. Seeds one in each capsule, oblong. 

 Named from erodios, a stork or heron, whose beak the fruit 

 resembles. 341. 



1. E. cicutdrium. Hemlock Stork' s-bill. Flowers in stalked um- 

 bels ; leaves pinnate, with sessile pinnatifid leaflets ; stems procum- 

 bent, hairy. The whole plant is hairy and somewhat clammy, 



with a disagreeable smell : petals rose-coloured, frequently white. 

 Annual : flowers from June to September : grows in sandy places, 

 especially near the sea: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 1768. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 229. 999. 



2. E. moschdtum. Musky Stork's-bill. Flowers in stalked um- 

 bels ; leaves pinnate, with nearly sessile, elliptical, unequally cut 

 leaflets ; stems procumbent, hairy ; perfect stamens toothed at the 



base. More hairy and clammy than the preceding, and exhaling 



a musky smell : petals rose-coloured. Annual : flowers in June 

 and July: grows in hilly pastures, in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xiii. pi. 902. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 230. 1000. 



3. E. maritimum. Sea Stork's-bill. Stalks few-flowered ; leaves 

 simple, heart-shaped, cut, crenate, rough ; stems depressed, hairy. 

 Petals minute, pale-red. Perennial : flowers from May to Sep- 

 tember : grows on the sandy coasts of the south of England, and in 

 Ireland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 646. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 221. 



1001. 



DECANDRIA. 

 2. GEEA'NIUM. CRANE'S-BILL. 



Calyx inferior, permanent, of five egg-shaped leaves. Petals 

 five, wedge-shaped, rounded, or inversely heart-shaped. Necta- 

 ries, five glands, alternate with the petals. Filaments ten, awl- 

 shaped, united at the base ; anthers elliptical, two -celled. Ger- 



