258 MONADELPHIA — PENTANDRIA. \_Erodium. 



Glands 5. Five alternate stamens imperfect. Fndt beaked, 

 separating into 5-, 1 -seeded capsules, each with a long spiral 

 mon, bearded on the inside. — Nat. Ord. Geraniace^, Juss.— 

 Name, — i^ojoiog, a Heron ; the fruit resembling the beak of that 

 bird. 



(See Linum in Cl. V. Ord. I. — Geran. pusillian in Ord. Decandbia.) 



Oxalis in Cl. X. 



ORD. II. DECANDRIA. 10 Stanmis. 



2. Geranium. Stijle 1. Cal. of 5 leaves. Cor. of 5 regular 

 petals. Glands 5. Fruit beaked, separating into 5, 1 -seeded 

 capsules, each with a long naked awn. — Nat. Ord. Geraniace^, 

 Juss. — Name, — yiDa\im of the Greeks, from yigavog., a Crane; 

 the fruit resembling the beak of a Crane. 



(See some Legiimiiiosce, in Cl. XVII. Ord. I.) 



ORD. III. POLYANDRIA. Blamj Stamens. 



3. Lavatera. Sli/les numerous. Cal. double ; ext. 3-lobed. 

 Capsides numerous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded. — A^at. Oi'd, 

 Malvace^, Juss. — Named in honour of the two Lavaters^ 

 friends of Tournefort. 



4. Malva. Styles numerous. Cal. double ; ext. of 3 leaves. 

 Capstdes numerous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded. — Nat. Ord. 

 ^Ialvaceje, Juss Name altered trom //.a'Aa^ri, soft ; in allu- 

 sion to the emollient nature of the species. 



5. Althaea. Styles numerous. Cal. double ; ext. of 6 — 9 

 leaves. Capsides numerous, circularly arranged, 1 -seeded.— 

 Nat. Ord. MALVACEyE, Juss. — Name, — a/.t'w, to cure ; from its 

 healing jjroperties. 



MONADELPHIA— PENTANDRIA. 



I. Erodium. L'Herit. Stork's-bill. 



1. E. cmddrium, Sm. (Hemlock Stork's-bdl); peduncles many- 

 flowered, leaves pinnate, leaflets sessile pinnatifid and cut, pe- 

 tals longer than the calyx, stems prostrate hairy. JE. JBot. ti 



1768. — Geranium, L. 



Waste ground, frequent. Fl. Summer months. ©. — Whole plant 

 hairy. Flowers in small umbels, purplish, or sometimes white. 



2. E. moschdtum, Sm. (mushy Storlts-bill); peduncles many- 

 flowered, leaves pinnate, leaflets nearly sessile ovate unequally 

 cut, perfect stamens toothed at the base, stems depressed hairy. 

 E. Bot. t. 902. — Geranium, L. 



Mountainous pastures, rare. Frequent in Guernsey and Jersey, 

 Babington and Christy. In the Craven of Yorkshire, and in West- 

 moreland. Near Bristol; Shotover Hill, Oxford, and on Ampthill 

 warren, Bedfordshire. Near Plymouth. Siminond's Court, Calling- 



