(362.) 
ERO'DIUM* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Monade'lphia f, Penta'ndhia. 
Natural Order. Gerama'ce.-f., De Cand. FI. Fr. v. iv. p. 828. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 56. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 139. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. pp. 474 & 475, (Tribe 5.) — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 506. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v.. i. p. 713. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th ed.) p. 402. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 54. — Gerania, Juss. Gen. 
PI. p. 268. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 147. — Rosales ; suborder, 
Rhceados.e ; sect. G ruin as ; type, Gerania'ce.e; Burn. Outl.of 
Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 784, 808, & 813. — Gruinales, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 5.) inferior, of 5 egg-shaped, 
glandular, pointed, concave, permanent sepals, equal and uniform 
at the base. Corolla (fig. 1.) of 5 inversely egg-shaped, spreading 
petals, rather longer than the calyx, generally somewhat irregular. 
Nectaries (see figs. 2 & 3.) 5 glands, alternate with the petals. 
Filaments (see figs. 2 & 3.) 10, awl-shaped, united by their base 
into a cup ; 5 of them perfect, nearly as long as the petals ; the 
alternate 5 shorter and abortive. Anthers 5, on the longer fila- 
ments only, oblong, versatile. Germen (see fig. 4.) superior, 
roundish, with 5 furrows. Style (see fig. 4.) awl-shaped, upright, 
longer than the stamens, permanent (see fig. 5). Stigmas (see fig. 4.) 
5, oblong, reflexed. Fruit beaked, separating into 5, 1 -seeded 
capsules (see fig. 5.), each w’ith a long aum , bearded on the inside, 
and at length spirally twisted, adhering by their points to the top of 
the style (see figs. 5 & 6). Seeds vertical, egg-oblong. 
The single style ; and the beaked fruit, of 5 aggregate capsules, 
each tipped with a spiral awn, bearded on the inside ; will distinguish 
this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
ERO'DIUM MOSCHA'TUM. Musky Heron’s-bill. Musky 
Stork’s-bill. Muscovy. Moschata. Pick-needle. 
Spec. Char. Stems procumbent, hairy. Leaves pinnate ; 
leaflets nearly sessile, elliptical, or egg-shaped, unequally cut. 
Peduncles many-flowered. Perfect Stamens toothed at the base. 
Engl. Bot. t. 902. — L'Heritier in Ait. Hort. Kew. ( 1st ed. ) v. ii. p. 414. — Willd. 
Sp. Pi. V. iii. pt. I. p. 631. — Sin. FI. Brit. v. ii p. 728. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 230.— . 
With. (7th ed. ) v. iii. p. 798. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 625. — Lindl. Syn. p. 58. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. p. 310. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 43. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 66. — 
Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 316. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 148. — FI. Devon, pp. 115 & 180. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 722. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 198. — 
Bab. FI. Bath., Supp. p. 72. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 173. — Mack. Catal. PI. Xrel. p. 63; 
FI. Hibern. p. 57. — Gerdnium moschatum, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 911. — Ray’s 
Syn. p. 358. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 951. — Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. i. t. 55. — Deer. Catal. 
Stirp. Nott. p. 90. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed. ) p. 300. — With. (5th ed. ) v iii. p. 751. 
Localities. — I n mountainous pastures ; rare. — Oxfordshire; I have ob- 
served it once or twice about Oxford, but in places where it had, no doubt, 
escaped from gardens : W. B — Beds. On Ampthill Warren. — Bucks; On the 
rubbish near Salt-Hill. — Cheshire ; In the lane between Stockport and New 
Fig. 1. Corolla. — Fig. 2. Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 3. Two abortive, and one 
perfect Stamen, and Gland. — Fig. 4. Germens, Styles, and Stigmas. — Fig. 5. The 
Calyx ; and the 5 Carpels separating from the beak. — Fig. 6. A separate Carpel. 
* From erodios, Gr. a heron ; the fruit resembling the beak of that bird, 
t See folio 106, note t. 
