114 CRANE'S-BILL FAMILY. 



(monodelphous) and twice as many as there are petals. 

 Ovary 5-lobed, terminated by a long, thick beak, and 

 5 stigmas. Carpels 5, 1 -celled, separating, when ripe, 

 from the base of the beak, together with their long, 

 elastic awn, (the style, pi. II. 7 A. s). Seed solitary, 

 without albumen. Embryo curved. Cotyledons folded 

 one in the other, (convolute) and plaited. Herbs or 

 shrubs, with leaves opposite, at the joints, or alternate, 

 and then opposite the flower-stalks. No tendrils. 



2 GENERA. 

 13. Crane's-bill. 3. Stork's-bill. 



CRANE'S-BILL. Geranium. 



Petals regular. Stamens 10, slightly monodelphous, 

 5 outer ones opposite the petals, the other 5 alternating : 

 larger, with a gland at their base. Capsules each with 

 a long, smooth awn. Name signifies " a Crane :" the 

 fruit resembling the beak of that bird. 



[HERB-ROBERT. G. Robertianum. 



Peduncles 2 -flowered. 



Leaves 2, with 3 or 5 deep, lanceolate divisions, (segments) 

 cut deeply and pointed. Calyx angular, hairy ; claw of the 

 petals smooth. Capsules wrinkled across. Seeds without 

 dots. Stems red, spreading, brittle.] 



