158 BOTANV FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 



ERODIUM. Monadelphia Pentandria. Calyx 

 five leaved. Corol five petalled. Nectaries five, 

 alternating with filaments. Arils five, one 

 seeded, awned, beaked at base of receptacle. 



E. Ciconiuin. Pendimcle sustaining many 

 flowers. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets toothed pin- 

 natifid. Petals oblong, obtuse. Stem ascend- 

 ing. [Storksbill Geranium.] 



E. Oicutarium. Pendimcle sustaining many 

 flowers. Leaves pinnate, leaflets sessile, pinna- 

 tifid, gashed. Corol much larger than Calyx. 

 Stem prostrate, hirsute. [Hemlock Geranium.] 



E. Moschatum. Peduncle sustaining many 

 flowers. Leaves pinnate, leaflets partially pro- 

 vided with stalks, oblong toothed, coral equaling 

 the calyx, stem procumbent. [Musk Geranium.] 



FRAG ARIA. Icosandria, Polygynia. Calyx 

 inferior ten cleft, the five alternate divisions 

 being smaller. Petals five. Receptacle ovate, 

 simulating a berry. Acines naked, immersed in 

 the receptacle. 



F. Virginiana. Calyx of the fruit spreading. 

 Hair on the petioles erect on the peduncles close 

 pressed. . Leaves rather glabrous above. [Wild 

 Strawberry.] 



