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MONADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Geranium. 243 



G. sanguinarium. Ger. Em. 945. f. 



G. sextum. Fuchs. Hist. 209. f. 



Sanguinaria radix. Trag. Hist. 348./. 



Bloody Crane's-bill. Petiv. H.Brit. t.Gi.f. 9. 



/3. Geranium haematodes, foliis majoribus, pallidioribus, et altius 



incisis. Raii Sijn. erf.2.219. ed.3. 360. 

 Jagged Bloody Crane's-bill. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 64. f. 10. 

 y. Geranium hsematodes Lancastrense, floreelegant^rstriato. Raii 



Syn.ed.2. 219. ed. 3.360. Dill.Elth. \G3.t. 136. 

 G. lancastriense. With. 600. Hull ed.\.\a2. 

 G. prostratum. Cavan. Diss. 196. t. 76. f. 3. 

 Striped Bloody Crane's-bill. ' Petiv. H. Brit. t. 64./. 1 1 . 



In bushy^ stony, rather hilly situations, or upon limestone rocks. 



y. On the sandy coast of the isle of Walney, Lancashire. 



Perennial. July — September. 



Root stout and woody, knotty, of a dark reddish brown, and an as- 

 tringent quality, creeping, as Dr. Hooker observes, considera- 

 bly. Stems several, lax and spreading, 1|^ or 2 feet long, often 

 prostrate, as in /3, or pendulous in craggy situations j round, 

 branched, leafy j the hairy pubescence horizontally prominent, 

 ieai'es opposite, stalked, dark green, roughish, deeply lobed 

 and cut ; their outline somewhat orbicular. Stijmlas short and 

 broad, hairy. Flou:er-stalks very long, solitary and single-flow- 



. ered, though with a joint, and pair of small bracteas, above the 

 middle. Fl. large, above an inch broad, of a fine crimson or 

 blood-colour ; in /3 flesh-coloured, with purple veins. Cal. 

 awned, generally 5 -ribbed. Pet. inversely heart-shaped. Caps. 

 keeled, even, a little downy, and crowned with several white 

 bristles. Seeds rather kidney-shaped, dark brown, not smooth, 

 but all over very curiously and minutely wrinkled and dotted, 

 as described in Fl. Br. ; sometimes 2 in each capsule. 



The late Mr. Davall sent from Switzerland a variety with 2 flow- 

 ers on each stalk, which Haller says is not rare. We have no 

 tidings of any such in Britain. 



The maritime varieties with white flowers, so frequent in some of 

 this genus, as well as in Erodium, seem to account for the pale 

 hue of our variety /3. This is not always prostrate, and though 

 constant in colour when cultivated, presents no good specific 

 distinction. 



