2IO ALPINE FLOWERS. Part II. 



EEODIUM ■ULtJSB.tjyENXTm..— Spotted Heronsbill. 



Allied to the rock Heron's Bill, but immediately distinguished 

 from it by the two upper petals being marked with a large 

 blackish spot, the lower petals being larger and of a delicate 

 flesh-colour, veined with purplish rose, two to six flowers being 

 borne on stalks from two to six inches high. The leaves are 

 twice divided, and form graceful little tufts. The flowers are 

 very beautiful, and the entire plant has a peculiar and agreeably 

 aromatic fragrance. It comes from the Pyrenees, and is easily 

 grown in chinks and thoroughly drained spots on the sunny 

 side of rockwork, in dry and warm rather than rich soil, and 

 is increased with the greatest facility from seeds, and also by 

 division. 



ERODIUM MANESCAVI.— iVb*/« Heronsbill. 



A' VIGOROUS and showy species, with numerous long, much- 

 divided leaves, from which spring many stout flower-stems, each 

 bearing an umbel of from five to fifteen purplish flowers, each 

 more than an inch across and very handsome. It is quite dis- 

 tinct from any other kind, and deserves a place in every col- 

 lection, flourishing healthfully on the level ground as well as on 

 rockwork, on which, being a vigorous grower, it should be asso- 

 ciated with the strongest plants only. A native of the Pyrenees, 

 flowering in summer, and, when the plants are young and in 

 rich soil, for a long time in succession. Easily raised from seed, 

 and in cultivation grows from ten inches to two feet and a half 

 high. 



ERODIXJM V^TRMUU.— Rock Heronsbill. 



A NEAT species, with much divided, usually somewhat velvety 

 leaves, and rather large, lively rose, or white-and-veined, but not 

 spotted, flowers, attaining a height of from three to six inches, 

 and well suited for the embellishment of warm and dry chinks 

 or nooks on the sunny sides of rockwork. It and its ally, E. 

 macradenium, are just the plants to try on old walls or ruins ; on 

 the level ground, or in moist spots on rockwork, they are not 

 so attractive, as the leaves become developed at the expense of 

 the flowers, and the softness of tissue resulting from the same 

 cause predisposes them to perish in winter. There is a smooth 

 variety, E. lucidum, and one with more curled and downy leaves, 



