CLIV. — ANALYTICAL DRAWINGS OF THE 
CRANE’S-BILL ORDER. 
( Geraniales .) 
T HE eight types represented on this Plate, diverse as they are, all belong to the 
Order Geraniales in the wide sense in which we take that name. Those in the 
first three lines of figures belong to the Family Geraniacece, representing respectively 
Geranium, pratense Linn£, the Meadow Crane’s-bill ; G. columbinum Linn6, the Long- 
stalked Crane’s-bill; and Erodium cicutarium L’Heritier, the Common Stork’s-bill. 
In the first line, that representing the Meadow Crane’s-bill, the first figure is a 
flower in longitudinal section, of natural size, showing plainly the two whorls of 
stamens ; Fig. 2 is a sepal ; Fig. 3, the essential organs ; Fig. 4, a slightly magnified 
view of the gynaeceum ; Fig. 5, the calyx and young fruit ; Fig. 6, the young fruit 
with the calyx removed, showing the remains of the stamens ; and Fig. 7, the fruit 
in the act of dehiscence. These figures show well that the central column from 
which the awns separate only extends upward through part of the length of the style. 
The second line represents Geranium columbinum Linnd, Fig. 1 being a flower as 
seen from above, natural size ; Fig. 2, the calyx ; Fig. 3, a petal ; Fig. 4, the 
essential organs ; Fig. 5, the calyx and young fruit, slightly enlarged ; Fig. 6, the 
gynaeceum ; Fig. 8, the ripe fruit ; and Fig. 7, showing the mode of dehiscence. 
The third line represents the Stork’s-bill ( Erodium cicutarium L’Heritier), Fig. 1 
being a flower as seen from above, of natural size ; Fig. 2, the hairy sepals ; Fig. 3, 
the gynaeceum ; Fig. 4, the essential organs, showing honey-glands and staminodes ; 
Fig. 5, the young fruit, with one sepal ; and Fig. 6, two detached ripe carpels, 
showing the spirally-twisted bristly awns. 
The fourth line represents the Wood Sorrel ( Oxalis Acelosella Linne), the type 
of the well marked Family Oxalidacece. Here Fig. 1 is a flower fully open, a position 
in which they are not often seen ; Fig. 2 is a flower in longitudinal section and 
slightly enlarged, showing the two whorls of stamens and honey-glands ; Fig. 3 
shows the essential organs, enlarged ; Fig. 4, a young fruit with the calyx ; Fig. 5, 
one a little later ; Fig. 6, one just splitting down the backs of its chambers ; 
Fig. 7, a cross section, showing the five-lobed outline ; Fig. 8, one of the ribbed 
seeds, natural size ; Fig. 9, the same enlarged, with its fleshy aril on ; and Fig. 10, 
the same, without the aril, showing the raphe. 
The fifth line represents the Tawny Balsam (Impatiens biflora Walter), often 
spoken of as Impatiens fulva Nuttall, belonging to a Family which is not, perhaps, 
rightly placed here. Fig. 1 shows a flower in vertical section, of natural size, the 
abruptly curved point of the wide-mouthed spur being characteristic of the species. 
Fig. 2 shows the stamens nearly covering the gynaeceum, enlarged ; Fig. 3, the same, 
as the anthers burst ; Fig. 4, a young gynaeceum ; Fig. 5, the same when ripe ; 
