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Carp, rounded at the top; the long ultimately recurved 

 beak glabrous internally. 



2. Eeodium. Sep. 5. Pet. 6. Stam. monadelphous, 5 sterile, 

 o fertile -with glands at their base. Carp, with 2 lateral 

 depressions at the top ; the long ultimately spirally twisted 

 beak bearded internally. 



1. Geea'nittm Linn. Cranesbill. 



* Soot consisting of hmg fih-es spnnging from a short thick 

 rhizome, pej-ennial. 



tl. G. pha'um (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. roundish 

 wedgeshaped rather longer than the mucronate sepals, carp, 

 hairy below transversely wrinkled above, seeds punctate-striate. 

 —E. B. 322. R. V. 197.— St. erect, 2 feet high. L. 6-lobed ; 

 lobes acute, cut, sen'ate. Fl. purplish black, very rarely white. 

 — ^In woods and thickets, rare. P. V. "^TC. E. S. 



[ G. noddsum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obcordate long, 

 sepals awned, carp, downy even, 1. 3 — 5-lobed, lobes ovate acu- 

 minate serrate. — E. B. 191. — St. 18 in. high, slender, erect. Fl. 

 pale purple. — In Cumberland, Herts, and Yorksh. — G. striatum, 

 which resembles this but has a hairy stem, was found near 

 Filby, Cumb., and Chepstow. — Both planted ?] E. 



2. G. sylvat'icum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obovate 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, hairy even, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds dotted, 1. palmate 7-lobed, lobes cut 

 and serrate, st. erect glandular hairy above, Jilamemts of stam. 

 subulate, fruitstalks e>-ect. — i?. B. 121. — St. erect, 2^3 feet high. 

 Fl. purplish blue, claws of the petals bearded, lower half of fila- 

 ments hairy. Sometimes the fl. are pale rose-coloured, pet. 

 smaller and nearly entire, and st. more decidedly hairy. — Woods 

 and thickets in the North, rare. P. YI. VII. E. S. I. 



3. G. praten'se (L.) ; ped. 2-flowered, pet. obovate entire or 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, hairy even, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds minutely netted, 1. palmate 7-lobed, 

 lobes cut and serrate, st. difilase glandular-hairy above, hairs 

 deflexed, filaments of stam. flliform vrith a triangular-ovate base, 

 fr.-st. deflexed.— E. B. 404.— St. 1—3 feet high.— Fl. large, 

 purple, claw of pet. cihate. Base of fllaments slightly hairv. 

 —Moist pastui-es. P. ^T— VHI. E. S. 1 



4. G. sanguin 'eum (L.) ; peduncles mostly single-floiwered, pet. 

 obcordate long, sepals awned, carp, smooth croiimed with a few 

 bristles, seeds minutely wrinkled and dotted, 1. nearly round 7- 

 lobed, lobes deeply 3-fld and cut, st. difiiise hairy, hairs spread- 

 ing 'how.oma&j. — E. B. 272. — Fl. large, purple; filaments di- 



