Erodium.] geraniace,e. 101 



wrinkled as iu that, nor hairy as in G. pusillum, and which both himself and Mr. 

 W. Saunders conceive may be the G. pyrenaicum, Reich. 



G. pratense. — Isle of Wight, Miss Twining in Watson's ' Cybele Britannica,' 

 vol. i. p. 261. ^ 



II. Eeodium, L'Herit. Stork's-biU. 



"Petals regular. Stamens 10, slightly monadelphous at the 

 base ; 5 opposite the petals sterUe ; the other 5 alternating with 

 a gland at their base. Capsules each with a long spiral aivn, 

 bearded on the inside." — Br. Fl. 



1. ^. cicvtarium, Sm. Hemlock-leaved Stork's-biU. "Pedun- 

 cles many-flowered, leaves pinnate, leaflets sessUe pinnatifid and 

 cut, petals longer than the calyx, stems prostrate hairy." — Br. 

 Fl. p. 85. E. B. t. 1768. 



0. Flowers white. 



In waste places, by waysides, borders of fleUls, and on dry hedgebanks, parti- 

 cularly on a sandy soil ; very common. Fl. June — September. 0. 

 /3. Sandown, frequent. 

 " Perfect stamens glabrous, dilated but not toothed at the base." — Br. Fl. 



2. E. moschatum, Sm. Musky Stork's-biU. " Peduncles many- 

 flowered, leaves pinnate, leaflets nearly sessile ovate unequally 

 cut, perfect stamens toothed at the base, stems depressed hairy." 

 —Br. Fl. p. 85. E. B. t. 902. 



In dry pastures, by roadsides, the borders of fields and waste places, rare. Fl. 

 June, July. 0. 



W. Med. — Found a few years back near Yarmouth, by Mr. Butler, of the 

 Bugle Inn, but since looked for unsuccessfully on the station, which looked like a 

 wild one. I have it as gathered near the same town in a list of plants lately 

 received, but have never met with it wild myself 



" Larger than the last, and with much less deeply cut leaflets, which yield a 

 powerful smell of musk." — Br, Fl. 



3. E. maritinium, Sm. Sea- side Stork's-biU. "Peduncles 

 1 — 2 flowered, leaves simple ovato-cordate stalked lobed and cre- 

 nate, stems depressed slightly hairy." — Br. Fl. p. 86. E. B. t. 

 646. 



On dry sandy banks, pastures, and waste ground by the sea ; sometimes (though 

 rarely, and not with us) far inland ; very local. Fl. May — September. 0. 



Plentiful in the narrow gorge forming the descent into Alum Bay, especially 

 abundant and luxuriant at the mouths of the rabbit-burrows, where it was pointed 

 out to me by the Rev. Gerard E. Smith. At Brook, on a bank by the way to the 

 chine in some plenty. Cliffs near Freshwater, Mr. E. Lees in Watson's New 

 Bot. Guide, Suppl. On Headon Hill, at a considerable elevation. 



Root slender, fleshy and tapering, reddish, nearly or quite simple. Stems 

 numerous, from 3 to 9 or 12 inches long, irregularly branched, leafy, quite pros- 

 trate, usually spreading in all directions, and forming depressed dense tufts, 

 rounded, jointed, stiff, brittle and succulent, smooth or slightly hairy. 



