MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Geranium. 199 



P^ar. Fl. white. 



G. robertianum. Stinking Gr. Herb Robert. Stalks 

 two-flowered. Leaves three, and five-cleft, thrice- 

 wing-cleft, somewhat pedate (bird-footed,) outline five- 

 angled. Calyx with ten angles. Capsules wrinkled, 

 simply keeled. E. B. 1486. C. 1. 52. G E. 939 



Waste ground, walls, banks, hedges. 

 An. June. 



Stems spreading, round, red, esj^ecially in exposed situations, and 

 in autumn with the Is. Ls. opposite, long-stalked, in threes, 

 exterior leafl. running one into the other at the base. Fl. on 

 long, cloven, axillary, and terminal stalks. Partial 1. -stalks 

 short. Cal. hairy. Pet. purple, undivided, a hand-shaped 

 white mark at the base. Herb rank smelling, fleshy. 

 Astringent : smell of the bruised Is. to drive away bugs : infu- 

 sion for cattle in hsematuria. Perhaps recommended by the 

 doctrine of signatures from its red Is. 



G. lucidum. Shining Gr. Stalks two-flowered. Leaves 

 five-lobed, roundish. Calyx bellying-pyramidal, trans- 

 versely wrinkled. Capsules wrinkled, thrice-keeled. 

 E. B. 75. H. L. 32. G. saxatile. G. E. 938. 

 descr. n. S. 



Walls, shady places. 



An. June. 



Stems branched in a spreading manner, swelling at the joints, 



glossy, succulent, often red. Ls. opposite, shining, stalks long, 



lobes three-cleft, blunt. FL rose-red, small. 



An elegant and delicate plant. 



G. molle. Dove's-foot Gr. Stalks two-flowered, alter- 

 nate, opposite the leaves, which are rounded, or kidney- 

 shaped, many-lobed, notched, and downy. Capsules 

 numerously wrinkled, smooth. Seeds without dots. 

 E. B. 778. C. 2. 50. G. columbinum. G. E. 

 938. 



Meadows, pastures, way sides. 



An. 3Iay. 



Stems spreading or trailing, reddish, hairs expanding horizontally. 



Ls. roundish, lobed, segments broadish. Fl.-stalks solitary. 



Fl. erect, larger than those of G, pusillum. Pet. cloven. Stip. 



two-partite. " Smell musky." 

 Var. Fl. white. 

 Discrim. In G. rotundifolium the seeds are dotted, and pet. 



entire. 



G. pusillum. Small-Jiowered Gr. Stalks two-flowered. 



