434 XXXII. GEBANiACEs;. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Erodium. 



2 pits at the top below the beak. Seeds exalbuminous ; embryo incumbent 

 on the induplicate or flexuous radicle.— Disteib. About 50 specieSj natives 

 of temperate regions in the Old World, whence a few have escaped to the 

 New, and to the Southern Hemisphere. 



* Beak of ca/rpds ventrally clothed with rigid setae that disappear 

 towards the tip. 



t Leaves l-2-3-pinnatisect. 



1. E. cicutarium, Leman ; BG. Prodr. i. 646; annual, leaves pin- 

 natisect pinnules pinnatifid, not decurrent, sepals mucronate, filaments 

 glabrous not toothed. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 890. ? E. himalayauum, Royle 

 III. 150. 



Western India, from Sindh and the Panjab to Simla, ascending to 8000 ft. in 

 Little Tibet, near Iskardo. — Distrib. Westward to Algeria and throughout Europe 

 and tepiperate N. Asia; introduced elsewhere. 



Pubescent and glandular. Branches short or long, sometimes 2-3 ft. Leaves oblong, 

 pinnules 7-1 1 pairs sessile ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, scarious. Peduncles 

 many-flowered ; pedicels hoary; bracts small, connate, ovate, hyaline. /ScpoZs 5-nerved, 

 margined. Petals obovate, unequal, bearded at the base, purple, often spotted. Beak 

 of carpels 5 times as long as the cell, scabrous outside, almost glabrous above, pits 

 with a concentric fold. Seeds very smooth ; cotyledons 3-lobed. 



2. E. ciconium, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. i. 646 ; annual, leaves pinnatisect 

 pinnules pinnatifid decurrent, sepals awned, filaments ciliate not toothed. 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 891. 



Panjab, near Kohat in the Salt JRange, Stewart. — ^Distrib. Westward to Syria, the 

 Caucasus, and S. Europe. 



Pubescent and viscid, ^ranc^es stout, ascending. Leaves OYnte, pinnules toothed ; 

 stipules ovate -lanceolate, long-acuminate, scarious. Peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 2-oo-flowered ; bracts scarious, mucronate, ciliate. Sepals ovate, membranous, with 3 

 glandular hairy nerves with long ciliae and a long rough awn. Petals purple, ohovate. 

 Carpels suhulate at the base, glabrous, with white hairs and a glabrous scar at the 

 tip, pits without a fold ; beak very long, scabrous outside, with brown hairs at the top 

 anil longer setse below. 



3. E. Stepbanianum, WUld. ; DC. Prodr. i. 645 ; annual, leaves 

 2-pinnatisect segments decurrent acutely toothed, sepals awned, filaments 

 ciliate toothed on one side. Ledeh. Fl. Ross. i. 475 in part. 



Western Tibet, Ladak and Nubra, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Thomson.— Disims. Siberia, 

 China. 



Pubescent and pilose. Branches diffuse. Stipules cuneate, acute, ciliate. Pedundes 2-5- 

 flowered ; bracts linear, reflexed, ciliate. Sepals ovate, 5-nerved, ciliate, awn long. Petals 

 as long as the sepals, broadly ovate, nerved, ciliate at the base. Carpels hispid. Seeds 

 glabrous, minutely acioulate. — The Siberian specimen in Herb. Kew. resembles the 

 Tibetan, and does not accord with Ledebour's description as to the stamens, which, 

 however, Chinese specimens do. 



tt Leaves not pinnatisect. 



4. E. tibetanum, Fdgew. ; annual?, leaves 3-fid velvety beneath, 

 sepals obovate obtuse not awned, carpels not pitted below the beak. 



Western Tibet, Falconer; Ladak Valley below Hanle, alt. 12-15,000 ft., Thom- 

 son, Hay. 



Hoary, almost stemless. Leaves oblong-ovate, more or less inciso-crenate ; stipules 

 cuneate, scarious, ciliate. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 2- or more-flowered, bracts 

 ciliate. Sepals pubescent, with a small knob in place of a mucro. Petals elliptic, 



