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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The flowers are inoderately large, and of a 
bright red : they ftand on Qender foolftalks, one, 
two, or more together. 
The beaks are large. 
The whole plant in its wild ftate has a difa- 
greeable Tmell, though not fo ftrong as the, root. 
It is a native of the mountainous parts of Eu- 
rope) and flowers in June. 
The generality of authors call it Gcramuin 
fct'tiduau 
6. Tuberous-rooted Craneftiill. 
Geranium foliis tmllifidis radice ttiherofa. 
The root is l.irge and knobby; of a dulky 
colour, and inlipid to the taftc. 
The leaves are numerous, and beautiful'y di- 
vided : they ftand on long, flendcr, hairy foot- 
ftalks ; and they are themfelves a little hairy, 
and of a pale green : their figure approaches to 
round, but they are cut into nine or more feg- 
ments down to the middle rib ; and thefe are 
again deeply notched, and divided. 
The ftalkis round, upright, but weak, and a 
foot high : it is not much branched. 
The leaves on it refcmble thofe from the root, 
but that they are fmaller. 
The flowers are large, and of a bright red : 
they ftand on ftcnder pedicles rifing from the bo- 
fums of the leaves, two on each. 
'1 he beaks are long, and moderately thick. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine caUs it Ceranhm tuheropm majus. 
Others, Ceranhm tulerofum vel huUoftm; and 
the gardeners. Bulbous cranejbill. 
7. Purple African Geranium. 
Geranmyi Jfricanam ficre pirpureo: 
The I'oot is long, thick, and tuberous. 
The firft leaves are large, nun-]froi,is, and fup- 
ported on long, hairy footftalks : they are very 
broad, fingatcd at the edges, and,of-a pale green, 
nightly hairy, and foft to the touch. 
The ftalk is round, firm, erect, and irresu- 
larly branched. 
The leaves on it are of the fame form with 
thole from the root ; and they grow principally 
near its bottom : it is of a pale colour, and fo 
are the leaves. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches 
in large tufts j and they are very beautiful: they 
are large, and of an elegant red tending to purple, 
and have yellowiflr edges. 
The beaks are large. 
Before fun-rife, and after it is fet, the whole 
plant has a very fragrant fmell ■, but it is not 
much perceived in the middle of the day. 
It is a native of Africa, and flowers in July. 
Commelin calls it Geranium Africanum noSu 
oleus tulerofum viiii foliis hirfutus. 
There are many varieties of this prefcrved in 
our gardens. 
8. Naked-ft.ilked African Geranium. 
Geranhtm Africanum cauk nudo. 
The root is compofcd of numerous fibres rifing 
from a fmall head. 
The Icaies rife in great numbers, and have 
long footftalks ; but thefe are fo weak that the 
leaves are feldom fupported tolerably creft: they 
are not unlike laurel leaves in ihape, long, broad, 
and not at all dented at the edges : they ufually 
have a couple of fmall leaves placed on the foot- 
ftalk, in the manner of ears, a little below theirbafe. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, flender, and 
a foot high : they are ufually naked, but fome- 
times have, toward the ground, a leaf or two, 
like thofe which grow on the footftalks of the 
others. 
At the top of each ftalk ftands a large tuft of 
flowers, twenty or more: each flower has its fe- 
parate footftalk ; and they all rife from one point 
at, the top of the ftalk, where there is fpread 
under them a kind of general cup, (ormed of 
five little, oblong leaves. 
The flowers themfelves are large, and of a 
beautiful red, tending to purple ; and the beaks 
are finatl. 
It is a native of Africa, and flowers in July. 
Commelin calls it Geranium Africanum faliis 
flminique asritis pre rubro furpurafcente. 
We know little of the virtues of thefe plants ; . 
but they fcem in general of the fame nature 
with thofe of our own growth. 
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