26 THALAMIFLOEJB. 



OED. XIX. ACEBACE.E. 



ACBR. MAPLE. 



1. A. Pseudoplatanus (greater M., or Sycamore.) Abun- 

 dant in the south of England, in plantations and hedges. A 

 large and handsome tree ; leaves 5-lobed and unequally serrate ; 

 flowers in loose, hanging racemes. The wood is much used by 

 turners for making bowls and trenchers. Common about Tor- 

 quay. Berry Pomeroy woods, etc. (E. B. t. 303.) T. v. VI. 



2. A. campestre (common M.) In woods and thickets. A 

 not very tall tree, with corky, fissured bark, and dense dark green 

 foliage ; leaves 5-lobed, segments entire, or sometimes slightly cut. 

 Flowers few, on slender stalks, in loose upright corymbs. The 

 wood of this tree is often beautifully veined, and is then much 

 prized. Hedges about Torquay. Cockington. Shiphay. Berry 

 Pomeroy. (E. B. t. 304.) T. v. VI. 



OED. XX. GERANIACEJE. 

 GERANIUM. CRANE'S-BILL. 



1. G. lucidum (shining Crane's-bill.) In stony and waste 

 grounds, on old walls, etc. Stems spreading ; leaves 5-lobed and 

 roundish, lobes 3 times cut ; both leaves and stem shining ; the 

 root-leaves kidney- shaped, often of a bright red. Flowers small 

 and rose-coloured. Common in lanes and on hedge-banks. (E. 

 B. t. 75.) A. v.-vin. 



2. G. Robertianum (stinldng (7., or Herb -Robert.) In 

 thickets, woods, waste ground, and by waysides, very common. 

 An upright or spreading, much-branched plant, from 6 to 12 or 

 14 inches high, slightly hairy. Leaves divided into three pinnate 

 segments. Flowers small, reddish-purple, sometimes white. The 

 whole plant emits a disagreeable smell when rubbed. Common 

 everywhere. A small variety, the G. purpureum of Mill, grows 

 on the Rock Walk and cliffs beyond Meadfoot. (E. B. t. I486.) 

 A. Y.-IX. 



3. G. molle (dove's-foot C.) In dry pastures and waste 

 grounds, common. A spreading, weak-looking plant, usually co- 

 vered with long, soft hairs. Root-leaves numerous, on long stalks, 

 roundish, divided into from 7 to 11 lobes, which are again cut 

 into 3 or 5 segments ; upper leaves smaller and with fewer divi- 

 sions. Flowers in twos, on short stalks, small, pinkish-purple. 



