CL. XTI.] MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA.' 281 



men roundish, five-lobed. Style awl-shaped, erect, permanent ; 

 stigmas cylindrical, recurved. Capsules rive, between egg- 

 shaped and oblong, aggregate, each tipped with a linear, erect 

 awn, which is smooth on the inside, and finally recurved. 

 Seeds between egg-shaped and oblong, one in each capsule. 

 Named from geranos, a crane, the fruit resembling the bill of 

 that bird. 342. 



* Peduncles two -flowered. 



a. Calyx rounded, with nearly equal divisions. 



1. G.phce'um. Dusky Crane's-bill. Leaves palmate, with ser- 

 rate lobes ; calyx slightly awned ; capsules keeled, hairy below, 



wrinkled at the top ; stamens hairy. Stems two feet high, erect, 



panicled, hairy: petals dark brownish-red. Perennial: flowers in 

 May and June : grows in woods and thickets : rare, arid perhaps 

 not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 322. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 232. 



1002. 



2. G. syhdticum. Wood Crane's-bill. Leaves with seven cut 

 and serrate lobes ; stems erect, corymbose, rough with deflected 



hairs ; capsules keeled, hairy, even. Stems two or three feet 



high : petals entire or slightly notched, light-purple, with darker 

 veins : flowers much smaller than those of the next species. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June and July : grows in woods and thickets 

 by rivers : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 121. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 

 234. 1003. 



3. G.pratense. Meadow Crane's-bill. Leaves with seven deep 

 segments, which are pinnatifidly cut and deeply serrate ; stems 

 panicled, with short glandule-tipped hairs ; capsules keeled, hairy, 



transversely wrinkled at the top, seeds minutely granulated. 



Stems two or three feet high : petals thrice the length of the calyx, 

 bright purplish-blue with white veins, their claws densely fringed 

 with white hairs. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows 

 in pastures, woods, and thickets : common in many parts. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. vi. pi. 404. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 235. 1004. 



4. G. Pyrendicum. Perennial Dove s- foot Crane's-bill. Leaves 

 roundish-kidney-shaped, with seven deep, obtuse, three-cleft 

 lobes ; calyx-leaves rather obtuse, hairy ; petals cleft, twice the 

 length of the calyx ; capsules keeled, even, sparsely downy ; seeds 



even. Stems from six inches to three feet high, light-green, 



sparsely covered with short deflected hairs : petals five- veined at 

 the base, reddish-purple, the claw minute, with a tuft of hairs at 

 each side. Perennial : flowers in June, July, and August : grows 

 in meadows and pastures : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 405. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 239. 1005. 



5. G. rotundifolium. Round-leaved Crane's-bill. Leaves kidney- 

 shaped, seven-lobed, cut, downy ; petals entire, of the same length 



as the calyx ; capsules hairy, even ; seeds reticulated. The 



whole plant peculiarly soft, with fine downy leaves, all opposite : 

 petals light- crimson. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows 

 in dry gravelly soil : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 157. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 241. 1006. 



6. G. molle. Common Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. Peduncles al- 

 ternate, opposite to the leaves, which, are roundish-kidney-shaped, 

 nine-lobed, the lobes variously divided at the end, downy; calyx- 

 leaves five-nerved, hairy, tipped ; petals cleft ; capsules keeled ; 



transversely wrinkled ; seeds minutely granulated. The whole 



plant very soft, with fine down : petals scarcely one-half longer 



