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The Flora of Wiltshire. [No. VI. cont.~] 



ORDER. GERANIACEiE. (JUSS.) 

 Geranium, (Linn.) Crane's-bill. 

 Linn. CI. xvi. Ord. ii. 



Name. An old Latin word derived from the Greek (gcranos) 

 a Crane, the fruit or capsule resembling the beak of that bird. 



1. G. phceum, (Linn.) dusky Crane's-bill, (phaios) signifies a red- 

 dish brown. Engl. Bob. t. 322. Reich. Icones, v. 197. 



Locality. In woods and thickets, very rare. P. Fl. May, June. 

 Area 1. * * 4. * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Alderbury," Dr. Maton. " JBot. Guide" 

 This locality is more precisely given in " Hatcher's History of 

 Salisbury" as follows. " Just within the gate (called Eyre's Gutter 

 Gate) of a meadow between Alderbury and Standlynch. It was 

 first pointed out to me by Mr. Roberts, A.L.S. I have never found 

 it in any other part of England, except in the grounds of Thomas 

 Slingsby, Bart., at Scriven in Yorkshire. It is one of the plantce. 

 rariores of England." 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, " Lanes at Conkwell," the late Mr. John 

 Jelly. Not observed of late years in either of the above localities. 

 May this plant not have been in both instances an escape from the 

 flower garden ? 



2. G. pratense, (Linn.) Meadow Crane's-bill. Engl. Bot. t. 404. 

 Locality. Moist pastures, not uncommon. P. Fl. June, August. 



Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



A handsome plant and general throughout all the Districts, well 

 distinguished by its large purple flowers and multipartite leaves. 



3. [G. sanguineum. (Linn.) This species occurs in a list of plants 

 kindly drawn up for me by Mr. William Bartlett, for the neighbour- 

 hood of Great Bed wyn {District 5). Mr. Coward likewise reports it 

 from Roundway {District 4). I have seen no specimens. Has 

 there not been some mistake made ?] 



4. G. Pyrenaicum, (Linn.) Mountain Crane's-bill, probably first 

 noticed on the Pyrenees. Engl. Bot. t. 405. Reich. Icones, v. 191. 



