Geranium cicutarium. Hemlock-lea vd Crane's-bill. 



GERANIUM Linnai Gen. PI, MonadelphiA Decandria. 



Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. FruBus roftratus, pentacoccus. 

 Rail Synop. Herb.e pentApetal^ vasculifer.^. 



GERANIUM cicutarium pedunculis multifloris, noribus pentandris, foliis pinnatis incifis obtufis, caule ramofo. 

 Linntzi Syjl. Vegetab. p. 90. Fl. Suecic. p. 243. 



GERANIUM petiolis multifloris, caule procumbente, foliis duplicato-pinnatis ; pinnulis acute incifis. 

 Halle?' hijl. No. 944. 



cicutae folio minus, et fupihum. Bauhin pin. 319. 

 cicutas folio inodorum album. Gerard emac. 945. 946* 



GERANIUM 

 GERANIUM 



GERANIUM 



mofchatum inodorum. Parkin/on 1708. Raii Syn. 357* Field Crane's-bill without fcenfr 



Hudfion Fl. Angl. 262. 



RADIX annua, albida, fimplex, carne tenera, cum 

 nervo intus duriore et tenaciore, paucis fibris 

 inflrudla, craffiufcula, et in terram alte def- 

 cendens. 



CAULES ex eadem radice nafcuntur plures, crafTmf- 

 culi, teretes, hirfuti, procnmbentes, ramofi, 

 varias longitudinis pro ratione loci. 



FOLIA pinnata, pinnis feffilibus pubefcentibus, pinnulis 

 acute inciiis. 



STIPULiE ad exortum foliorum membranaceas, albidze, 

 ovato-acutae, fuperiore integra, jig. 1 ; inferiore 

 in duas divifae, fig. 2. 



PEDUNCULI axillares, alterni, hirfuti, multiflori, lon- 

 tudine foliorum. 



FLORES umbellati, rofei, a tribus ad fex. 



INVOLUCRUM membranaceum, multidentatum, fig. % 



3 ; Pedicelli baficrafliores, deflexi et demum | 



affurgentes. I 



CALYX: Peri ant hium pentaphyllum, foliolis ovatis, % 



ftriatis, hirfutis, concavis, mucronatis, fig. 4. | 



COROLLA : Petala quinque, fubovata, plana» fubse- 

 qualia, rofea, baii hirfuta, calyce longiora, 



STAMINA : Filament a decern, quorum quinque 

 alterna Antheris carent^ 7 : Anthers fatu- 

 rate purpurafcentes, fig. 6. 



NECTARIA : Glandule quinque fufcae circa bafin ttami- 

 num locantur, fig. 9. 



PISTILLUM : Germen quinquangulare, villofum ; 

 Stylus fubulatus, fnlcatus ; Stigmata quin- 

 que purpurafcentia, paululum refiexa,^g-. 10, 11. 



PERICARPIUM nullum; Fructus pentacoccus, rof- 

 tratus. 



SEMEN oblongum, laeve, fufcum, arillatum, fig. 14, I 

 Arilla hirfuta ; Arista praelonga pilofa in- % 

 ftrucla quae demum fpiralis evadit, fig. 12, 13. | 



ROOT annual, whitifh, fimple, tender, the firing or" 

 nerve in the middle of it hard and tough, 

 furnifhed with few fibres, large for the fize 

 of the plant, and penetrating deep into the earth, 



STALKS : feveral ufually fpring from the fame root, thick- 

 ifb, round, hirfute, procumbent and branched, of 

 various lengths-according to their place of growth. 



LEAVES pinnated, the pinnae feffile and {lightly hairy* 

 the pinnulae fharply indented^ 



STIPUL^E atthebafe of the leaves membranous, whitifh, 

 acutelv oval, the uppermoft intire, fig. 1 ; the 

 lowermoft generally divided into two, fig. 2. 



FOOT-STALKS of the flowers fpringing from the 

 bafe of the leaves, alternate, hirfute, the length 

 of the leaves, and fupporting many flowers. 



FLOWERS growing in an Umbell, from three to fix, 

 of a rofe-colour. 



INVOLUCRUM membranous, with many teeth, fig. 3 ; 

 the fmall foot-ftalks of the flowers thickeft at 

 bottom, turning down, and laftly turning upward. 



CALYX : a Perianthium of five leaves, the folioli oval, 

 ftriated, hirfute, concave, and terminating in 

 a fine point, fig. 4. 



COROLLA : five Petals, fomewhat oval, flat, nearly* 

 equal, of a rofe colour, hairy at bottom, fome- 

 what longer than the Calyx, fig. 5. 



STAMINA : ten Filaments, five of which want the 

 Antheras, the Anthers of a deep purple 

 colour, fig. 6. 



NECTARIA : five brown Glands placed round the bafe 

 of the Stamina, fig. 9. 



PISTILLUM: Germen quinquangularand villous, Style 

 tapering and grooved ; Stigmata five, of a 

 purple colour, bending a little back,^zg-, 10, 11. 



SEED-VESSEL none; Fruit as yet unripe, formed 

 of five protuberating feeds, and terminating in 

 a long beak. 



SEED oblong, fmooth, brown, inclofed within an A- 

 rillus fig. 14, which is hirfute, and furnifhed 

 with a long hairy Arista, finally becoming 

 fpiral, fig. 12, 13. 



We have often had occafion to remark the very great difference in the appearance of plants arifing from foil 

 and fituation ; of this the young Botanift cannot be too well apprifed, nor too often informed : from a want of 

 attention to this circumftance, the plant which we have now defcribed, has been divided by different Authors 

 into feveral fpecies. 



It feems worthy of notice, that the alterations which are produced in plants from growing in a richer foil, 

 are chiefly thofe of encreafe of fize, and a multiplication of their parts; the minutiae of the fructification fuffer 

 but little change in their form by culture, hence they are often moft to be depended on, even in afcertaining 

 different fpecies. 



When the Geranium Cicutarium grows on a dry fandy bank, or wall, as it very frequently does, it is quite 

 diminutive*, when it occurs in a moifter and more luxuriant foil, the branches extend often a foot or two in 

 length, and the whole plant becomes fo altered in its general appearance, as readily to deceive the inexperienc'd 

 Tyro ; but the long pointed fruit which occurs in both, and from whence this plant has obtained the name 

 -of Cranes-bill, readily points them out to be the fame. 



The feeds of the Geraniums are, in general, enclofed within a membranous Arillus, which terminates in an Arijla or 

 ^Tail, of different lengths in different fpecies ; in fome of them, when the feeds are become ripe, they detach themfelves 

 from the receptacle, to which they are affixed, with confiderable elafHcity, and the feeds being loofely contained with- 

 in the Arillus are thrown out to a confiderable diflance. In the prefent fpecies, the feeds are more clofely invefted 

 by the Arillus, which does not feparate itfelf with fo much force, and as foon as detached, the Arijla begins to be 

 twitted up in a fpiral form. This may be very diftin&ly obferved if we feparate a feed, with its Arillus, as foon as ripe, 

 and place it in the palm of the hand, the tail of the Arillus immediately appears in motion, as if endued^ with fome fen- 

 fitive property, and continues uninterruptedly this motion, 'till it has aflumed the form of a fcrew, vid, fig. 13. The 

 feed thus furnifhed with its twitted Aritta, is more liable to attach itfelf to anything which may come in contact, with 

 it, by which means this plant is more univerfally difleminated. 



The Geranium mofichatum has a great affinity with this fpecies, that plant however has a ttrong fmell of mufk, 

 which this entirely wants ; and has alfo many other peculiarities, which we fhall not fail to particularize when 

 it comes to be treated o£ 



