76 19. GEKANJACEJE. 



1. GERANIUM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. Stam. 10, monadelphous, 

 alternately larger and with glands at their base, all perfect. 

 Carp, rounded at the top j the long ultimately recurved 

 beak glabrous internally. 



2. ERODIUM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. Stain, monadelphous, 5 sterile, 

 5 fertile with glands at their base. Carp, with 2 lateral 

 depressions at the top ; the long ultimately spirally twisted 

 beak bearded internally. 



1. GEKA'NITJM Linn. Cranesbill. 



* Root consisting of long fibres springing from a short thick 

 rhizome, perennial. 



tl. G. ph&'um (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. roundish 

 wedgeshaped rather longer than the mucronate sepals, carp, 

 hairy below transversely wrinkled above, seeds punctate-striate. 

 E. B. 322. R. v. 197. St. erect, 2 feet high. L. 5-lobed ; 

 lobes acute, cut, serrate. Fl. purplish black, very rarely white. 

 In woods and thickets, rare. P. V. VI. E. S. 



[G. nodosum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obcordate long, 

 s<?>a/ t s awned, carp, downy even, 1. 3 5-lobed, lobes ovate acu- 

 minate serrate. E. B. 1091. St. 18 in. high, slender, erect. Fl. 

 pale purple. In Cumberland, Herts, and Yorksh. G. stridtum, 

 L., which resembles this but has a hairy stem, was found near 

 Filby, Cumb. ; Chepstow, and near Plymouth. Colonists.] E. 



2. G. sylvat'icum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obovate 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, hairy even, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds dotted, 1. palmate 7-lobed, lobes cut 

 and serrate, st. erect glandular hairy above, filaments of stam. 

 subulate, fruitsfalhs erect. E. B. 121. St. erect, 2 3 feet high. 

 Fl. purplish blue, claws of the petals bearded, lower half of 

 filaments hairy. Sometimes the fl. are pale rose-coloured, pet. 

 smaller and nearly entire, and st. more decidedly hairy. Woods 

 and thickets in the North, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



3. G. praten'se (L.) ; ped. 2-flowered, pet. obovate entire or 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, hairy even, ttairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds minutely netted, 1. palmate 7-lobed, 

 lobes cut and serrate, st. diffuse glandular hairy above, hairs 

 dsft.exGd,Jilamentsof stam. filiform with a triangular-ovate base, 

 fr.-st. deflexed.E. B. 404. St. 13 feet high. Fl. large, 

 purple, claw of pet. ciliate. .base of filaments slightly hairy. 

 Moist pastures P. VI. VIII. E.S.I. 



