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The ftalks rife among thefe: they are nume- 
fous, thick, and of a pale green: they fpread 
themfelves every way, and are very much 
branched. : 
The leaves on. thefe refemble thofe from the 
root, but they are fmaller, and their pinnee, as 
thofe of the others, are very deeply cut in at the 
edges, and fharp-pointed. 
’ The flowers ftand on the tops of the ftalks and 
branches on_ flender, long foorftalks, each fup- 
porting three or more: they are moderately large, 
and of a beautiful red, : 
The beaks are large, and fharp. 
Tt. is common on ditch-banks, and flowers all 
fummer, 
C. Bauhine calls it Geranium cicute folio minus 
et fipinum. Others, very idly, Geranium mofcha- 
tum inodorum; becaufe it refembles the mitfe 
cranefvill, next to be defcribed, in figure, but 
has not its fmell. Our people call it Unfavoury 
crane/vill, 
19. Mufk Cranefbill. 
Geranium foliis pinnatis mofcbatum. 
The root is long, white, thick, and furnifhed 
with many fibres. 
The leaves that firft rife from it are long, and 
beautifully pinnated: they lie fpread upon the 
ground in a circular manner, and are of a pleafant 
green: each is compofed of many pairs of pinnee 
placed on a middle rib, and an odd one at the - 
end; and thefe are not fo deeply cut in at the 
* edges as in the preceding fpecies; often only 
notched flightly. 
The ftalks are numerous, thick, round, and 
hairy; they rife in the centre of the tuft of leaves, 
and fpread every way; and they are very much 
branched. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
root, and are cut, in the fame manner, flightly 
at the edges, and of a pale green: the whole 
plant has a very fweet {cent, refembling that of 
mufk. ; 
The flowers are fmall and red: they ftand 
feveral together in a kind of little umbells, 
The ftalks are long and flender, 
It is wild in our fouthern counties, and has 
been thence for its {cent brought into gardens, 
Zt flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Geranium cicute folio mof- 
chatum. © Others, Geranium mofchatum, 
20. Great pinnated-leaved Crane(bill, 
Geranium foliis pinnatis maximum. 
The root is long and thick, and is furnifhed 
with numerous fibres, 
The firft leaves are very long, and large: they 
DIVISION Wop 
1, Cranefbill with divided and fubdivided leaves, 
Geranium tnberofum floribus umbellatis, 
The root is large, thick, tuberous, and irre-’ 
gularly form ed. 
The firft Icaves are humerous and very beay- 
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lie fpread upon the ground, and are of dufky green. 
Each is compofed of a great many pairs of pinnze, 
and thefe are broad, fhort, and indented more 
lightly at the edges than in either of the former, 
The ftalks are numerous, round, thick, and 
flefhy: they are two feet long, not much branched, 
and they have leaves on them like thofe from the 
root. 
The flowers are finall and white, never having 
the leaft tinge of red: they ftand at the tops of 
the ftalks and branches on long footftalks, two 
or three on each, rarely more. 
The beak is large and fharp. 
It is common in our fouthern counties ; and 
has been found by Mr. Ray in the neigbourhood 
of London. 
Tabernamontanus calls it Geranium arvenfe 
album. Others, Geranium inodorum album. 
21. Pinnated Cranefbill with fpotted: lowers. 
Geranium foliis pinnatis floribus maculatis. 
The-root is long, thick, and divided into ma- 
ny parts, 
The leaves rife in a round tuft, and are very 
beautiful: they are long and narrow, and each is 
compofed of feveral pairs of pinnz, with an odd 
one at the end: thefe are fhort, broad, and 
flightly ferrated; and the whole leaf has much 
the afpect of burnet leaf, whence fome have 
named the plant. 
The ftalks are round, whitifh, and branched ; 
and the leaves which grow on them are like thofe 
from the root in all refpects, only they are 
fmaller, : 
The flowers are moderately large, and of 3 — 
fingular ftruéture: they are compofed each of 
five petals, in the manner of the others; but 
thefe are broad and unequal : the two upper ones 
are fhorter than the others, and each has a green 
fpot. 
The beak is fmall and flender. : 
Jt is found in Yorkthire 3 and has been ob- 
ferved nearer London, particularly about Hackney. 
Dillenius calls it Geraninm Dimpinelle folio. 
Some have called this fpecies Geranium Roberti- 
anum; but that breeds confufion, another fpecies 
having been long univerfally known by that 
name. 
All the fpecies of cranefbill are reftringent and 
vulnerary. They are good againft inward bruifes, 
and in hemorrhages of all kinds, 
A ftrong decoétion of the herb Robert ftands 
recommended as excellent in nephritick com- 
plaints; and the dove’s-foot cranefeill is, in the 
they have not been fo much ufed in the pradtice 
of phyfick as they appear to deferve. 
OREIGN S*PSE-C LE, §. 
tiful: they are large, broad, and deeply divided 
and fubdivided:: each is formed of two or three 
Pairs of large fegments, refembling wings, and 
an odd one at the end; and thefe fegments are 
again deeply divided in the fame manner, but 
none of thefe divifions §° down to ‘the middle 
2 ‘ribs. 
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