20. BALSAMINA.CE.E. 79 



2. ERO'DIUM UHerit. Storksbill. 



1. E. cicutdnum (L'Her.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

 many-flowered, perfect stau. dilated not toothed below glabrous, 

 beak hairy, a concentric furrow below the circular glandless de- 

 pression on the carpel, I. pinnate, leaflets sessile pinnatifid cut, 

 stij). lanceolate. E. B. 1768. St. diffuse, leafy, with scattered 

 hairs. Fl. purplish or white. Leaflets very deeply divided, 

 their segments lanceolate or linear, acute. In Jersey specimens 

 the 1. are ovate and short, and their segments short broad and 

 bluntish. a. E. pimpinellifolium (Cav.) ; 2 pet. with a spot, 

 Its. ovate incise-pinnatifid with bluntish lobes, furrow on the 

 carp, conspicuous. E. commixtum Jord. /3. E. tririale (Jord.) ; 

 pet. not spotted, Its. incise-pinnatifid, carp. -furrow faint. 

 y. E. pilosum (Bor.); pet. not spotted, Its. almost pinnate, carp.- 

 lurrow obsolete. (/3. & y. E. chcerophyllum Cav. ?). Waste 

 ground. A. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



2. E. moschdtum (L'Her.J : st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

 many-flowered, perfect stam. toothed at the base glabrous, beak 

 downy, a concentric furrow below the circular glandular de- 

 pression on the carpel, I. pinnate, leaflets nearly sessile, ovate 

 unequally cut, stip. oval. <E. B. 902. Much larger than the 

 preceding, and diffusing a strong musky scent when handled. 

 Leaflets less deeply cut. Waste places, rather rare. A. VI. 

 VII. E. I. 



3. E. marit'imum (L'Her.) ; st. prostrate slightly hairy, 

 peduncles 1 2-flowered, pet. very minute, a transverse furrow 

 below the semicircular depression on the carpel, /. simple ovate- 

 cordate stalked lobed and crenate. E. B. (346. St. often very 

 fleshy. Fl. very small. Pet. pale red, very minute, ofteu 

 wanting. Sandy and gravelly places, particularly near the sea, 

 rare. P. V. IX. E. L 



Order XX. BALSAMINACEJE. 



Sep. 5 (2 upper usually wanting), irregular, deciduous, lower 

 spurred, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 5, irregular, the lateral 

 united in pairs. S*am. 5. Anth. 2-celled, opening at the apex 

 by a longitudinal rissure, more or less cohering. Ovary 5-celled. 

 Fr. capsular with 5 elastic valves. Seeds solitary or many, 

 pendulous ; albumen 0. L. with glands in place of stipules. 

 Plants succulent. Many raphides. Minute but fertile n\ 

 which do not open are found. 



