MONADELPHIA— PENTANDRIA. Erodium. 231 



Annual. June, July. 



Nearly akin to the foregoing, but differing in its larger paler leaf- 

 lets, much less deeply cut ; and in the powerful musky fragrance, 

 as well as greater viscidity, of the whole herb. The stipulas are 

 large, rounded and wavy, very thin and membranous. Bracteas 

 similar, but smaller. Pet. rose-coloured, unspotted, smaller 

 than the last, all nearly equal. Mr. Sowerby observed the abor- 

 tive filaments to be peculiarly broad ; and the perfect ones to 

 have a tooth at each side near the base. This last mark would 

 greatly strengthen the specific character, if it should prove con- 

 stant, which in these organs, so various, if not mutable, in this 

 natural order, cannot absolutely be relied on, unless confirmed 

 by experience. 



3. E. 7na7'itimum. Sea Stork's-bill. 



Stems depressed, hairy. Stalks barely three-flowered. 

 Leaves simple, heart-shaped, cut, crenate, rough. 



E. maritimum. Fl. Br. 728. Engl. Bot.v. 9. t. 646. IVilld. Sp. PI. 

 15.3.639. DeCand.Prodr.v. I. 648. 



Geranium maritimum. Linn. Sp. PI. 95 1 . Huds. 30 1 . Dicks. H. 

 Sicc.fasc.W.U. Cavan. Diss.2\8.t.88.f. I. 



G. pusillum snpinum maritimum, Althseae aut Betonicae folio no- 

 stras. RaiiSyn.3D6. Pluk. Almag. \ 69. Phyt. t. 31. f. 4. 



G. minimum procumbens, foliis betonicae. Moris, r. 2. 5 1 2. sect. 5. 

 t.35.n.S. 



On the sandy or gi-avelly sea coasts of Cornwall, Wales, Sussex, 

 &c. 



Perennial. May — September. 



Stems spreading close to the ground, from 3 to 9 inches in length, 

 branched, leafy, hairy. Leaves half an inch long, on stalks of va- 

 rious proportions, roundish, heart-shaped, slightly lobed, and 

 variously notched, rough on both sides with minute close hairs. 

 Stipulas purplish. Fl. 1 or 2, rarely 3, on each stalk. Pet. pale 

 red, very minute, and often partly wanting. Caps, bristly ; their 

 awns but partially hairy at the lower part. The herb has a strong 

 scent. 



