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MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 

 345. ERODIUM. Stork's-bill. 



L'Herit. Geraniol. unpubl. Ait, H. Kew. ed. ] u. 2. 414. ed. 2. 



V. 4. 154. H. Br. 727. Comp. ed. 4. 115. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. 



u. 1 3. DeCand. Prodr. v. 1 . 644. 

 Geranium. Linn. Gen. 350. Juss.268. Lam.t.573.f.2. Gcertn. 



t. 79 ; moschatum. 



Nat. Ord. Gruinales. Linn. 14. Gerania. Juss. 73. Gera- 

 niacece. DeCand. 46. N. 346 the same. 



Cal. inferior, of 5 ovate, glandular-pointed, concave, perma- 

 nent leaves, equal and uniform at the base. PeL 5, obo- 

 vate, spreading, rather longer than the calyx, generally 

 somewhat irregular. NecL 5 glands, alternate with the 

 petals. Filam. 10, awl-shaped, united by their base into 

 a cup ; 5 of them perfect, nearly as long as the petals ; 

 the alternate 5 shorter and abortive. Anth. 5, on the 

 longer filaments only, oblong, versatile. Germ, superior, 

 roundish, with 5 furrows. Stjjle awl-shaped, erect, longer 

 than the stamens, permanent. Stigmas 5, oblong, re- 

 flexed. Caps. 5, aggregate, membranous, obovate, ver- 

 tical, separating at their inner margin, sharp-pointed at 

 the base, each tipped at the summit with a long, linear, 

 flat, upright, pointed, converging, rigid aww, hairy at the 

 inside, and at length spirally twisted, adhering by its 

 point to the top of the style ; the hairs spreading. Seeds 

 1 or 2, vertical, ovate-oblong. 



Herbaceous, or somewhat shrubby, odorous, recumbent. 

 Leaves generally opposite, stalked, simple or pinnate, cut. 

 Stipulas membranous. Fl. mostly umbellate, reddish. 

 Cal. and stalks more or less glutinous. 



1. E. cicutarium. Hemlock Stork's-bill. 



Stems procumbent, hairy. Stalks many-flowered. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets sessile, pinnatifid, cut. Stamens simple. 



E. cicutarium, Fl. Br. 727. Engl. Bot. v. 25. M 768. Willd. v. 3. 



629. Sibth.2\\. Hook. Scot. 205. DeCand, Prodr. v.]. 646. 

 Geranium cicutarium. Linn. Sp. PI. 95 1 . Huds. 300. Curt. Land. 



fasc. \.t.5\. Fl. Dan. t. 986. Ehrh. PL Off. 447. 

 G. n. 944. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 406. 



G. cicutae folio inodorum. Rad Srjn. 357. Ger. Em. 945. f, 

 G. foetens. Riv. Pentap. Irr. f. 115. 



