258 18. GERANIACE.E. 



Denizen. Viatical. So doubtful as a British plant, 

 that the tenn ' Alien ' might seem more appropriate than 

 that of ' denizen.' I have rarely met with the species my- 

 self, and only in such spots and sparing quantities as 

 seemed to indicate its origin from neighboming cottage 

 gardens ; being cultivated for its perflime occasionally. 

 Both Sir William Hooker and Mr. Babington admit it im- 

 questioned, among the native species ; and thus received 

 by those botanists, I cannot properly reduce it to a lower 

 gTade of citizenship than is here assigned for it ; x-idelicet, 

 a species which may be native, or may be alien. 



Geranium striatum, Linn. 



Area (1). 



Alien. Has been established, to some degree, in the 

 neighbomhood of Penzance, in Cornwall, during many 

 years. One of the Keswick guides pretended that he had 

 discovered it on the coast of Cumberland ; but on accom- 

 panying Mr. Joseph Woods to the alleged locality, he was 

 unable to show a single example of it growing there, as we 

 are told by Mr. Woods in the Botanical Magazine. Very 

 recently, however, Mr. G. S. Gibson has stated in the Phy- 

 tologist (vol. 2, page 376) that the species " is found on 

 the coast, near Flimby, Cumberland, plentifully, and appa- 

 rently wild." It is to be feared that Mr. Gibson has here 

 inadvertently cited hearsay information in terms which im- 

 ply that he speaks from positive knowledge, and as an eye- 

 witness to the fact. I consider the botanical statements of 

 the Keswick guides to be utterly worthless ; and there can 

 be no doubt that false information has been purchased 

 from them by the money of tourists, in divers instances. 



