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1. Geranium. Sep. 5. Pet. o. Stam. 10, monadelphous, 
alternately larger and w-ith glands at their base, all perfect. 
Carp, rounded at the top ; the long ultimately recurved 
beak glabrous internally. 
2. Eeodium. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. Staiu. monadelphous, 5 sterile, 
5 fertile with glands at their base. Carp, with 2 lateral 
depressions at the top ; the long ultimately spirally twisted 
beak bearded internally. 
1. Gera nium Liim em. Ait. Cranesbill. 
' R'lot consistiwj of long fibres sjyringing f rani a iihort thick 
rhizome, perennial. 
tl. (7. jihit'um (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. roundish 
wedgeshaped rather longer than the mucronate sepals, carp, 
hairy below fransversef// wrinkled above, seeds jmnctate-striate. 
—£. ]>. ?j±±. li. V. 197.— St. erect, 2 feet high. L. 5-lobed ; 
lobes acute, cut, serrate. Fl. purplish black, verj- rarely white. 
— In woods and thickets, rare. P. \ . VI. E. S. 
nodosum (L.) ; peduncles 2-liowered, pet. obcordate long, 
sepals awned, carp, downy even, 1. 3 — 5-lobed, lobes ovate acu- 
minate serrate. — E. B. 1091. — St. 18 in. high, slender, erect,. Fl. 
pale purple. — In Cumberland, Herts, and Yorksh. — ver- 
sicolor (L.) ( = ''/. striatum L.), which resembles this but has 
a hairy stem, was found near Filby, Cumb. ; Chepstow, and 
near Plymouth. Colonists.] E. 
2. sylvat'icum (L.) pendules 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 -dXn^we, jilamenis of .stam. 
subulate, fruitstalks erect. — E. JJ. 121. — St. erect, 2 — 3 feet high. 
Fl. purplish blue, claws of the petals bearded, lower half of 
tilaments hairy. Sometimes the ti. are pale rose-coloured, pot. 
smaller and nearly entire, and st. more decidedly haiiy. — Woods 
and thickets in the North, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
3. ti. prateii'se (L.) ; ped. 2-fiowered, pet. obovate entire or 
slightly notched long, sepals awned, rar/). hairy even, hans 
sjireadiiuj olandidar, seeds minutely netted, 1. palmate 7-iobed, 
lobes cut and serrate, st. diffuse glandular hairy above, hairs 
detiexed,_/77(ttfte/«.fe of stam. filiform witha triangidar-ovate base, 
Jr. -St. defle.red.—E. B. 404.— St. 1—3 feet high. Fl. large, 
purple, claw of pet. ciliate. Base of filaments slightly hairy 
—Moist pastures. P. VI.— Vill. E. S. i. 
