624 384. Erodium. 66. GER ANIE^. PL ex. thai 



Pet. 5, equal; anthers 10, free; 

 capside S-ceXled ; calyx 5-parted Oxalis. 387. 



A. Geranie^ ver^. Arillus 1-seeded, awned; seed 

 upright ; perisperm ; corcuhim bent ; radicle adverse. 



I. 384. ERODIUM. L'Heritier. Cranes-Mil. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals 5, rarely rather irregular ; sta- 

 mens 10 ; fllameiits 10, sometimes united, 5 with anthers, 

 S without; nectaries 5, at the base of the antherbearing 

 stamens; arilles 1-seeded, awned, at the base of a beaked 

 receptacle; awn spiral, bearded on the inside. 



a. Leaves pinnate ; peduncles many-Jioivered, annual. 



L. Erodiu?n cicutarium. Hemlock cranesbilL 



Stamens hirtous, prostrate; leaves pinnate; leaflets sessile, 



pinnatifidly-cut ; peduncles many-flowered ; petals rather 



unequal, longer than the calyx. 



Geraninm cicutae folio inodorum, Rati Syn. 35T, 2; Ger. em. 945, 3. 



Geranium moschatum inodorum, Ger. SOO; Park. 708. 



Geranium cicutarium, Lhi. S. P. 951. 



Geranium CiiBerophylliim, Cavanilles Diss. 4,226. 



Erodium cicutarium, UHcntier in Alton II. Kew. 2, 414. 



Dry sandy places ; annual ; July and August. 



Root fusiform, white; stems many, branched, hairy; sti- 

 pules ovate, acute, scarious ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves; coro//<B purple ; cotyledons S-cut. 



/3. album. Flowers white, large; leaves very hairy, not 

 much cut. 



Geranium inodorum album, Rail Syn. 337, 3; Ger. em. 946,4. 



2. Erodium pimpinellcBfolium. Buriiel-leaved craneslill. 



Stem trailing, rather hairy; leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate, 

 ■sessile, deeply toothed ; peduncles many-flowered ; petals 

 unequal, smaller than the calyx; awn bald. 



Geranium pimpiiiellas folio, DiUen in Rail Syn. 358, 5. 

 Geranium cicutarium 2, Withering Bot.Arr.lb2. 

 Erodium pimpinelliiefolium, Sibihorp Fl. Ox. 2i2. 



Barren sandy places; annual; April and May. 



Stem 6 in. long; peduncles nearly radical ; leaflets sessile, 

 broad at bottom; petals small or equal to the calyx, pur- 

 ple, 2 or 3 having a green spot at the bottom; awn bald; 

 cotyledo?is hcartshape, not 3-lobed. 



