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SPECIES III.— ERODIUM M ARITIMUM. Sm. 



Platk CCCIX. 

 Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. V. Geran. Tab. CLXXXVI. Fig. 4870. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, sub-cordate at tbe base, pinnatifidly lobod 

 with the lobes again crenately lobed. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate. 

 Peduncles 1- to 3-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Petals a little shorter than the sepals. Filaments linear-lanceolate, 

 the fertile ones not winged or toothed. Carpels hairy, Avith a deep 

 semicircular-oval depi'essiou on each side at the apex; the depression 

 surrounded by a raised margin, on the lower side of which there is 

 a nearly straight deep transverse furrow. 



On sandy and gravelly sea-coasts in the West of England, 

 from the Land's End in Cornwall to the Mull of Galloway in 

 Wigtonshire. On the South coast it occurs in the Isle of Wight, 

 and was formerly found in Sussex, though in that county the 

 station for it is now lost. It is also said to be found near Sherwood 

 Forest, in 'iS'ottinghamshire. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual or Biennial. 

 Spring to Autumn. 



This plant has much the habit of the two last species, but is a 

 smaller and more delicate plant the root leaves being 1^ to 4 inches 

 long including the leafstalk, the lamina being only from i to 1 

 inch long ; the latter, not being divided down to the midrib so as to 

 make the leaf pinnate, is of itself sufficient to distinguish this 

 from the other British species. The peduncles have usually only 

 a single flower little more than ^ inch in diameter, very pale 

 purplish-rose. The sepals are broader and more oval ; the capsule 

 shorter, not above ^ i^ich long ; and the depression at the top of 

 the carpels has the border next the base nearly straight, instead of 

 being cui-ved so as to form a complete circle as in both the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Sea Stork's Bill. 



French, £rodie Ma/rilinie. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 

 GERANIUM STRIATUM. Linn. 



This plant, the " Painted Lady " or " pencilled " Geranium of 

 gardens, is often cultivated, and has escaped or been planted in 



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