122 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
G. LANCASTRIENSE, JVall. ; Syn. G. PROSTRATUM, Cm. 
A trailing species, with very large and beautiful flesh-coloured flowers, with purple veins. Found in various 
parts of Europe, and on the sandy beach of the Isle of Walney, in Lancashire. 
G. CANESCENS, L'Her. 
A silky-leaved plant, with pink flowers and long trailing stems ; a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Introduced in 1787. 
G. CINEREUM, Cav.; Syn. G. VARIUM, VHer. 
A native of the Pyrenees, with violet-coloured flowers and grey leaves, only six inches high. 
G. MACRORHIZON, Lin., Bot. Mag. t. 2420. 
A very handsome species, growing about two feet high, with an erect stem ; and the flowers, which are of a 
deep red or bright purple, in umbels. A native of the south cf Europe, introduced in 1576, and quite hardy in 
British gardens, where it is very common. The name signifies long-rooted. 
G. LAMBERTI, Swt. 
A Nepal species, with lilac flowers ; introduced in 1825. 
G. ERIOSTEMON, Swt. 
There are two varieties of this species, one deep blue, and the other quite pale. It is a native of Dabusia, 
and was introduced in 1822. 
G. PRATENSE, Un. 
A British species, of which there are numerous varieties ; all with showy flowers. 
There are many other species, all of which are more or less deserving of cultivation, and nearly all quite hardy. 
GENUS II. 
ERODIUM, L'Her. THE HERON'S BILL. 
Lin.Syst. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Gbneric Character..— Sepals five, equal. Petals five, regular or irregular. Stamens ten, monadelphous at tlie base, five alternate ones sterile, 
with a gland at the base of each of the sterile ones. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This genus differs very little from Geranium, and principally in the seed-vessels, the 
awns of which are bearded inside, and twist up spirally, adhering by their points to the top of the style ; whereas 
in the seed-vessels of the Geraniums the awns are smooth inside, and they twist or rather coil up in a revolute 
manner. The word Erodium signifies literally Heron's Bill, and it alludes to the shape of the capsule. The 
species are mostly hardy perennials and annuals, and many of them are British weeds. 
1.— ERODIUM ROMANUM, L'Her. THE ROMAN HERON'S BILL. 
Synonvme. — Geranium romanum, Lin. 
Enoraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 377. 
Specific Character. — Stemless. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, 
almost piuoatifid. Peduncles many-flowered ; petals longer than the 
sepals. 
Description, &c. — A lively little plant, with bright pink flowers, which it produces in great abundance, 
from April nearly all the summer. It is a native of Italy, and it is said by Linnceus to grow spontaneously in 
the streets of Rome. It was introduced before 1724, and is admirably adapted for rockwork, growing with 
great vigour in any dry situation. It is propagated by seeds, which it ripens freely ; and its cork-screw-like 
awns, as they appear when twisted up to discharge the ripe seed, are almost as ornamental as its flowers. 
