198 MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Geranium. 



chatum contract into a spiral form when dry, and straighten 

 themselves when moist : its different movements may be seen 

 by alternately moistening and drying them, on a white plate 

 before the fire. 



Var. y. the Erod. pimpinelleefolium of Sb. has two or three of 

 its pet. marked with a green depression near the base : a variable 

 mark. 



* E. moschatum. Musky /St. Stems depressed, hairy. 

 Stalks many-flowered. Leaves winged ; leaflets nearly 

 stalkless, elliptical, unequally cut. Perfect stamens 

 toothed at the base. E. B. 902. Geranium moscha- 

 tum. G. E. 941. 



Mountai7ious pastures. On Shotover Hill, near Oxford. Good- 

 enough, Bishop of Carlisle, in E. Fl. From some garden pro- 

 bably : found in gardens, in, and near Oxford, occasionally. R.W. 



An. June, July. 



Strong musky smell. Plant very like Erod. cicutarium, more 

 hairy. Ls. broader. Fl. smaller, more numerous, in a roundish 

 head. Stems swollen, and crooked at the joints. Ls. leafl. 

 terminating one three-cleft. 



MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



GERA'NIUM. Crane's-bill. 



G. pratense. Blue Meadow Gr. Stalks two-flowered. 

 Leaves in about seven deep segments, sharply wing- 

 cleft and saw-toothed. Capsules hairy all over. Sta- 

 mens smooth, much dilated at the base. E. B. 404. 

 C. 4. 49. G. batrachoides. G. E. 942. 



Rich, moistish pastures, thickets. St. Clement's. Marston. South- 

 leigh. Sb. Mr. Morrell's meadow, Headington Hill. R. W. 

 (Meadows near the Devil's Backbone, going to South Hinksey.) 

 Ditch side between the Diamond House, and Woodstock Road, 

 &c. Bx. 



Per. June. 



Stems two f or more, erect, round, red and swollen at the base, 

 branched above in a forked manner, with a 1. or two at each sub- 

 division, with one or two pairs of brown, spear-shaped stip. Ls. 

 root-ones on long foot-stalks. Fl.-stalks long with four bract, at 

 their division. Pet. very large, inversely egg-shaped, veiny, 

 fine blue. Cal. awned, drooping and closed after flowering. 

 Style longer than the stam. 



Discrim. Ls. in G. sylvaticum much less deeply cut. Its large 

 pm-ple^. and many and deeply divided Is. 



