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rib; fo that they are only the incifions of an en- 
‘tire leaf. 
The ftalks are round, upright, firm, and 
jointed. ; 
Their joints are diftinguifhed by a little hollow 
membrane; and from thefe rife the leaves. 
They refemble in all refpeéts thofe from the 
root, except that they are fmaller. 
The flowers are large and beautiful ; and they 
are difpofed in a kind of umbell: they ftand 
eight or ten together at the top of the ftalk; and 
at the extremities of the branches : each has its 
long, flender footftalk, and thefe all grow from 
one point at the top of the main ftalk, where 
~ there is a fmall general cup. 
The beaks are very long, large, and fharp. 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and flowers 
in Auguft. : 
The flowers toward evening have an extremely 
fragrant fmell, but in the day-time it is not per- 
ceived. 
‘S“Breynius calls it Geranium noéiu olens Fi thi- 
opicum radice tuberofa foliis myrrbidis latioribus. 
Others, Geranium trife. 
2. Silvery alpine Cranefbill. 
Geranium argenteum alpinum. 
The root is long, thick, brown and irregular. 
The leaves are numerous, fmall, and fup- 
ported on long footftalks: they are divided deep- 
ly into five or more fegments, and each of thefe 
is notched on the two fides near the top; fo that 
the extremity has a trifid appearance. 
The ftalks are flender and weak: they rife in 
confiderable number among the leaves, and are 
‘of a pale whitith colour: they divide toward 
the top into two parts, and fupports on each of 
the divifions a fingle flower. . 
The whole ftalk is rarely above four inches in 
height 5 fo that the flowers do not rife above the 
leaves.  * : : 
They are large, and of a beautiful ftrong red, 
ftriated with purple. © ; 
The beaks are fhort and thick. 
Tris not uncommon on the Alps, and flowers 
in July. : 
C. Bauhine calls it Geranium. argenteum Alpi- 
num. Others, Geranium Alpinum longius radica- 
tum; and Geranium argenteum montis baldi. 
3. Candy Cranefbill. 
Geranium creticum acu longiffiima. 
The root is long, flender, and white. 
The firft leaves are large, and are fupported 
on long footitalks: they are each compofed of 
two or three pairs. of pinnz, or {maller leaves, 
with an odd one at the end: this is much larger 
than the others, and they are all notched at the 
edges: their colour is a faint green. Sete 
The ftalk is round, thick, jointed, branched, 
of a pale green colour, and a foot and half high, 
The leaves that ftand on it perfectly refemble 
thofe at the root, bur they are fmaller. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches in tufts three, four, or five together ; 
and they are large, and of a bright red. 
N° 20,557 : 
The beaks are extremely large, and long, 
tharp-pointed, and of a greenifh yellow. _ 
_ tis frequent in the Greek iflands, and flowers 
in June. ‘ - 
C. Bauhine calls it Geranium acu longiffima. 
4. Broad-leaved hairy Cranefbill. 
Geranium latifolidm bir futum. 
The root is long, flender, divided, and white. 
The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft, and are 
unlike thofe of moft of this genus: they are 
large and broad, approaching to an oval figure, 
flightly ferrated, and notched irregularly about 
the edges: they are of a pale green covered with 
a flight filvery down, and ftand on long, flender, 
hairy footftalks. : : 
The ftalk rifes in the centre, and is round, 
thick, upright, of a pale green, hairy, and a 
foot and half high. 
The leaves on it perfectly refemble thofe from 
the root: they are fmall, and foft to the touch. 
The flowers grow in tufts fix or eight together 
at the top of the ftalk, and at the extremities of 
the branches: they are fmall, and of a pale red. 
The beaks are fmall, and very flender. ; 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Geranium folio althez. O- 
thers, Geranium malacoides, and Geranium malya- 
coum. : 
Linnzus fuppofes our “ttle fea cranefvill, before 
defcribed, to be the fame fpecies with this; but 
it differs in the form and difpofition of the 
flowers, and in the ftructure of the beaks. 
This author has alfo a much more extraor- 
dinary conjecture on the prefent head; he imae 
gines that this plant, the candy crane/bill, and the 
mufe cranefbill, and common pinnated crane/bill with- 
out fcent-are all the fame fpecies originally. 
_ This is bringing in confufion, and without any 
foundation in nature or Yeafon. If thefe five 
plants be not diftin&t fpecies the fludeat will 
never know what to call by that name: he needs 
only be referred to the feveral figures here, or - 
to the plants as they grow, to fee that they differ 
as palpably, and as effentially, as the fpecies of 
any other genus. If thefe were all originally 
one, nature has given us no means of knowing 
which are truly diftinét: but thefe are innova- 
tions that will foon be flighted. : 
5. Stinking Cranefbill. 
Geranium fetidum. ~ 
The root is tuberous and oblong; of a redith 
colour; and very ftinking {mell. i 
The leaves are fmall, but beautifully divided, 
or, more properly fpeaking, compofed of many 
others: each general leaf is fupported on a fhort 
flender footftalk, and is formed of four or five 
pairs of pinnz fet on a middle rib, with an odd 
one at the end; and each of théfe pinnz is again 
compofed of five or fix pairs of minute, oval 
leaves fet on a middle rib, with an odd one at its 
end: : eS 
The ftalks are numerous, flender, and weak: 
fometimes they are altogether naked, but. fome- 
times they have a couple’ of. little leaves toward 
their lower part. 
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