Geranlum pratense. Crowfoot Ckanesbill. 



GERANIUM Lin. Gen. PL MonaleLphia Decandria* 



Mon'ogyna. Stigmat. 5. FruBus roftratus, 5-coccus. 



RaiiSyn. Gen. 24-. Hereje Pentapetal^ Vasculifer^e. 



GERANIUM pratenfe peduhculis bifloris, foliis fubpeltatis multipartitis rugofis acutis, petaas integris. 

 Lin. Syfi. Veget. p. 514. Sp. Pi. p. 954. PL Suec, n. 968. 



GERANIUM caule ere&o, foliis rugofis hirfutis multilobis* lobis trifidis, lobulis femipinnatis, floribus 

 umbellatisi Halier. Hiji. n. 931. 



GERANIUM pratenfe ScopoliFL Cam. n. 852» 



GERANIUM batrachoides, Gratia Dei Germanorum. Bauh. Pin. 318. 



GERANIUM Batrachoides. Ger. emac. 922. 



GERANIUM Batrachoides flore cseruleo. Park. 704. Rati Syn. ed. 3. p. 360. Crowfoot Cranefbill.. 

 Hudfon PL Angl. ed. 2. p. 302. Light joot PL Scot. p. 368. 



KADIX perennis, craffitie digit! minimi aut major, hori- | ROOT perennial, the thicknefs of the little finger, or 

 zontalis, rugofa, e rubro fufca, intus flavefcens, | larger, horizontal, wrinkled, of a reddifh 



fibris majufculis profunde penetrantibus in- % brown colour, yellowifh within/furniflied with 



ftructa. I largifh fibres, which penetrate to a great depth. 



CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, ere&us, ramofus, tereti-f STALK from one to three feet in height, upright, 

 ufculus, pubefcens, bafi ruberrimus, fuban-| branched, roundiih, downy, very red, and fome- 



o-ulofus. % what angular at the bottom. 



FOLIA hirfutula, radicalia longiffime petiolata, fuprema | LEAVES fomewhat hirfute, thofe next the root, {landing 

 fubfeffilia, omnibus multipartitis, venofis, fub- 1 on very long footftalks, the uppermoft ones 



tus pallidioribus, lacinis multifidis, incifis. | nearly feffile, all of them deeply divided into 



I many fegments, veiny and paler underneath, 



% the fegments jagged. 



PETIOLI teretes, pubefcentes. | LEAF-STALKS round and downy. 



STIPULES ad bafin foliorum utrinque binae, ovato acu- % STIPULE at the bafe of the leaves two on each fide, 

 minatae, primo rubicundae, dein marcefcentes, | ovate and pointed, at firft reddifh, afterwards 



ad bafin pedunculorumquinas, lanceolate. % withering, thofe at the bafe of the peduncles 



t five in number, and lanceolate. 



PEDUNCULI gemini, pilofiffimi, vifcofi, primo nu- 1 FLOWER-STALKS growing two together, very hairy, 

 fant.es, demum ere£ti. | clammy, at firft drooping, laftly upright. 



FLORES mao-uij fpeciofi, e purpureo casrulei. 1 | FLOWERS large, fhovvy, of a purplifh blue colour. 



CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, perfiftens, fo- * CALYX: a Perianthium of five leaves and perma- 

 liolis ovatis, acutis, concavis, margine mem- 1 nent, the leaves ovate, pointed, concave, 



branaceis. jig* 1. % bearded, clammy, ribbed and membranous at 



I the edge. fig. 1. 



COROLLA: Petala quinque, fubintegerrima, v en ofa, | COROLLA : five Petals, nearly entire, veiny, hairy 

 : bafi utrinque hirfutula, fig. 2. | on each fide the bafe. fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filament a decern fubulata, fuperne | STAMINA : ten Filaments, tapering, purplifh above, 

 purpurafce'ntia, inferne lata, albida ; Antherje¥ below broad and whitifh; Anthers oblong, 



oblongs, cserulee, incumbentes. fig. 3. | blue and incumbent, fig. 3. 



P1STILLUM: Germen pentagonum, vifcofum, viride;^PISTILLUM: Germen pentagonal, clammy,, ofa 

 Stylus filiformis, rubicundus, ftaminibus? green colour ; Style filiform, reddifh, longer 



longior ; Stigma quinquefidum, laciniis li- \ than the ftamina ; Stigma divided into five 



nearibus, reflexis. fig. 4. | fegments, which are linear and turned back. 



I Jg- 4- 



SEMEN oblongum,la3Ve,ex arillo elaftice diftiliens/ fig. t SEED oblong, fmooth, thrown from the feed-covering 

 r 6 with confiderable elafticity. /g. 5, 6. 



This is by far the molt fhowy of the Cranefbills growing wild with us, and in that refpect is exceeded by none 

 of the Englifh ones except the Sanguineum. Its leaves are large, and fomewhat like thofe of the Meadow Crow- 

 foots, whence its name. _ m . . . 



Its beauty has longiince recommended it to the notice of the curious in flowers, in the gardens of which we find 

 It not only as it commonly occurs, but alfo with white, purple, andftriped bloffoms. .,..,- . T , 



It loves a moift fituation, as it naturally grows wild in meadows, which it ornaments with its bloffoms in July 

 and Auguft. Near London it is found in tolerable abundance in the meadows about Batterfea, and in the vicinity 

 of the Thames both above and below bridge; in many parts of York/hire, particularly about Settle, it is almoft as com- 

 mon as the Mallow, is with us, not only in meadows, but every where under their ftone walls. 



The bloflbnis are much reforted to by various fpecies of flies, particularly thofe of the Genus Empis, 



