c. 



GERANIUM ROBERTIANUM. 



Herh-Rohert, or Fetid Crane's-BUL 



Class XVI. MoNADELPHiA. — Order 11. Decandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Geraniace^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five sepals. Corolla of five regu- 

 lar petals. Glands five, nectariferous, at the base of 

 the longer filaments. Fruit beaked, separating into 

 five one-seeded capsules, each with a long smooth awn. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles two-flowered. Leaves three or 

 five-parted ; leaflets pinnatifid, with mucronatc seg- 

 ments. Petals entire, twice as long as the angular, 

 hairy calyx. Capsules wrinkled. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek yipaviov. 



f Geranium robertiamim primum. Bauh. Pin. 319. 



[ Gratia dei, vel Geranion. Tragus, 108. 

 Latin ■{ Geranium robertianum. Ger. Em.>Q39. Raii Syn. 358. 



j Lin. Sp. PI. 955. Eng. Fl. iii. p. 235. Eng. Bot. t. 



L 1486. . 



French Geranion ; Bec-de-grue robertin ; Herbe a Robert. 



Italian Geranio Robertiano. 



Spanish Geranio hediondo ; Pico de grulla. 



^ < Storcbschnabel ; Stinkender storchschnabel ; Ruprechst- 



German \ •> r 



' kraut. 



Dutch Robbert's-kruid ; Roode Oijevaarsbek. 



Description. — The root is annual, slender, branched, fibrous, 

 and of a yellowish- white colour. The stems are about a foot high, 

 trailing, and much branched at the base, hairy, jointed, and of a 



