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C. Flowers red, pink, or purple; leaves nearly orbi- 

 cular in their general outline, 5-7-lobed : G. cinereum 

 Cav. (PI. 23) ; flowers large, pale pink veined with purple, 

 plant 2-6 in. high, almost stemless, leaves very deeply 

 divided, grey-green ; Central Pyrenees, rare. G. argen- 

 teum, L.; flowers large, pale pink veined with purple, 

 petals slightly emarginate, plant grey-green, covered with 

 silky hairs; high; Tirol, Carniola, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, 

 rare. G. divaricatum, L. ; flowers small, pink, leaves 

 pale green, unequilateral, with one of the lateral lobes 

 larger than the other, plant iJ-2 in. high, pubescent, 

 viscous; road-sides; Southern Switzerland, Pyrenees. 

 G. macrorhizon, L. ; flowers reddish-purple, petals nar- 

 rowed at the base, stem 1-2 ft, springing from an oblique 

 or horizontal root-stock ; Tirol, Styria, Carinthia, Car- 

 niola, local. 



2. ERODIUM, L'He"r. 



Resembling Geranium; but stamens 5; flowers usually 

 in umbels. 



Two English species of Stork's Bill, E. cicutarium, L., 

 with deeply cut hairy leaves, and moschatum, L., with soft 

 pinnate leaves, the whole plant pubescent and smelling of 

 musk, occur in sandy places, the latter local. 



The following sub-alpine species are found in the 

 Pyrenees : 



E. Manescavi, Boub. ; flowers large, f-i in. diam., 

 bright crimson, forming an umbel with a large bract 

 at the base, petals emarginate, sepals acuminate, leaves 

 all radical, pinnate, with large linear-lanceolate stipules, 

 flowering stems springing from the root, 12 to 15 in. 

 high, whole plant hairy. E. petrceum, Willd. (PL 24) ; 



