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segments, st. spreading ascending. E. B. 75. R. v. 187. Fl. 

 small, rose-coloured. St. and 1. glabrous and shining, often 

 strongly tinged with red. Lindley considers his G. Raii as most 

 allied to this species, differing by its " shaggy calyx and simply 

 keeled fruit." South coast of England. Walls and hedge-banks. 

 A. V. VIII. 



13. G. robertianum (L.) ; pet. obovate entire or slightly emar- 

 ginate, claws glabrous very long nearly equalling the long-awned 

 hairy and slightly glandular sepals, carp, transversely wrinkled 

 downy, seeds smooth, 1. ternate or quinate, leaflets stalked trifid 

 incise-pinnatind, st. spreading erect. E. B. 1486. R. v. 187- 

 Fl. purple, sometimes white. Cal. with a very few glandular 

 hairs, not transversely rugose. 18. maritimum ; carp, glabrous 

 with 1 2 deep transverse wrinkles at the top. y. G. purpureum 

 (Forst.) ; pet. narrower, sep. glandular-hairy, carp, glabrous and 

 more wrinkled, 1. in narrower segments. E.B. S. 2648. Hedge- 

 banks. /3. and y. Southern sea-coast. A. V. IX. 



2. ERODIUM L'Herit. Storksbill. 



1. E. cicutarium (Sm.) ; st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

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

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

 pression on the carpel, 1. pinnate, leaflets sessile pinnatifid cut, 

 stip. lanceolate. E. B. 1768. Very hairy. 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. Waste ground. 

 A. VI. IX. 



2. E. moschatum (Sm.); st. procumbent hairy, peduncles 

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

 downy, a concentric furrow below the circular glandular depres- 

 sion on the carpel, 1. pinnate, leaflets nearly sessile orate 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. 



3. E. maritimum (Sm.) ; st. prostrate slightly hairy, peduncles 

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

 semicircular depression on the carpel, 1. simple ovate-cordate 

 stalked lobed and crenate. E. B. 646. St. often very fleshy. 

 Fl. very small. Pet. pale red, very minute, often wanting. 

 Sandy and gravelly places, particularly near the sea, rare. P. 

 V . 1A.. 



