Geranium cicutarium. Hemlock-leav’d Crane s-bill. 
GERANIUM 
GERANIUM 
GERANIUM 
Lmncel Gen. PL Monadelphia Decandria. 
Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. Fru'Slus roftratus, pentacoccus. 
Raii Synof Herba: pentapetal® vasculifer®. 
dmtarmm pedunculis Multifloris, floribus pentandris, foliis pinnatis incifls obtufis, caule ramofo. 
Limxi Syjl. Vegetab. p. 90. FI. Suecic. p. 243: 
petiolis multifloris, caule pfocumbente, foUis duplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis acute incifls. 
Haller hijl. No. 944. 
cicuta: folio minus, et fupinum. Baubin pin. 319. 
cicuta: folio inodorum album. Gcmri mac. 943. 946- 
mofchatum inodorum. Parhnfin 1708. Bm Syn. 35 jr. Field Crane’s-bill without fcent- 
Hudfon FL Angl. 262. 
RADIX annua, albida, fimplex, carne tenera, cum 
nervo intus duriore et tenaciore, paucis fibris 
inftrudta, craffiufcula, et in terram alte dei- 
cendens. 
CAULES ex eadem radice nafcuntur plures, crafliuf- 
culi, . teretes, hirfuti, procumbentes, ramofi, 
variae longitudinis pro ratione loci. 
FOLIA pinnata, pinnis feffilibus pubefcentibus, pinnulis 
acute incilis. 
’STIPULiE ad exortum foliorum membranaceae^ albida;, 
ovato-acut*, fuperiore integra, fg. 1 ; inferiore 
in duas divifae, fg. 2. 
PEDUNCULI axillares, alterni, hirfuti, multiflori, lon- 
tudine foliorum. 
FLORES umbellati, rofei, a tribus ad fex. 
INVOLUCRUM membranaceum, multidentatum, fg. 
3; Pedicelli bali crafliores, deflexi et demum 
affurgentes. 
CALYX : Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis ovatis, 
flriatis, hirfutis, concavis, mucronatis, fg. 4. 
COROLLA : Petala quinque, fubovata, plana, fubae^ 
qualia, rofea, ball hirfuta, calyce longiora, 
M 5 - 
STAMINA : Filamenta decem, quorum quinque 
alterna Antheris carentj^-. 7: Anther® fatu- 
rate purpurafcentes, fg. 6. 
NECTARIA : Glandulce quinque fufcae circa bafin flami- 
num locantur, fg. 9. 
PISTILLUM : Germen quinquangulare, villofum ; 
Stylus fubulatus, fulcatus ; Stigmata quin- 
que purpurafcentia, paululum reflexa, fg. 10, 1 1. 
PERICARPIUM nullum; Fructus pentacoccus, rof- 
ROOT annual, whrtilh, Ample, tender, the firing or 
nerve in the middle of it hard and tough, 
furnifhed with few fibres, large for the fize 
of the plant, and penetrating deep into the earth.' 
STALKS : feveral ufually fpring from- the fame root, thick - 
ifh, round, hirfute, procumbent and branched, of 
various lengthsaccordingto their place of growth. 
LEAVES pinnated, the pinnae fertile and {lightly hairy, 
the pinnulae fharply indented.- 
STIPULiE at thebafe of the leaves membrahbus, whitilh, 
acutely oval, the uppermofl intire, fg. 1 ; the 
lowermofl generally divided into two, fg. 2. 
FOOT-STALKS of the flowers fpringing from the 
bafe of the leaves, alternate, hirlute, the length 
of the leaves, and fupporting many flowers. 
FLOWERS growing in an Umbell, from three to fix, 
of a rofe-colour. 
INVOLUCRUM membranous, with many teeth, fg. 34 
the fmall foot-flalks of the flowers thickefl at 
bottom, turningdown, andlaflly turning upward. 
CALYX : a Perianthium of five leaves, the folioli oval, 
flriated, hirfute, concave, and terminating in 
a fine point, fg. 4. 
COROLLA : five Petals, fomewhat oval, flat, nearly 
equal, of a rofe colour, hairy at bottom, fome- 
| Avhat longer than the Calyx, fg. 5. 
¥ STAMINA: ten Filaments, five of which want the 
I Anther*, the Anther.® of a deep purple 
¥ colour, fg. 6. 
I NECTARIA : five brown Glands placed round the bale 
of the Stamina, fg. 9. 
t PISTILLUM : Germen quinquangularand villous, Style 
SEMEN oblongum. Leve, fufeum, arillatum, fg. 14, 
Arilla hirfuta ; Arista pradonga pilofain- 
ftrudta qu* demum fpiralis evadit, fg. 12, 13. 
tapering and grooved ; Stigmata five, of a. 
purple colour, bending a little back,_/^-. 10, 1 1. 
SEED-VESSEL none; Fruit as yet unripe, formed 
of five protuberating feeds, and terminating iu 
a long beak. 
oblong, fmooth, brown, inclofed within an A- 
rillus,^. 14, which is hirfute, and furnifhed 
with a long hairy Arista, finally becoming 
fpiral, fg^ 12, 13. 
SEED 
We have often had occafion to remark the very great difference in the appearance of plants arifing from foil 
and fituation ; of this the young Botanifl cannot be too well appriled, nor too often informed : from a want of 
attention to this circumflance, the plant which we have now deferibed, has been divided by different Authors 
into feveral fpecies. 
It feems worthy of notice, that the alterations which are produced in plants from growing in a richer foil, 
are chiefly thofe of encreafe of fize, and a multiplication of their parts ; the minuti* of the fructification fuffer 
but little change in their form by culture, hence they are often moft to be depended on, even in afcertaining 
different fpecies. 
When the Geranium Cicutarium grows on a dry fandy bank, or wall, as it very frequently does, it is quite 
diminutive ; when it occurs in a moifler and more luxuriant foil, the branches extend often a foot or two in 
length, and the whole plant becomes fo altered in its general appearance, as readily to deceive the inexperienc’d 
Tyro ; but the long pointed fruit which occurs in both, and from whence this plant has obtained the name 
of Cranes-bill , readily points them out to be the fame. 
The feeds of the Geraniums are, in general, enclofed within a membranous Arillus, which terminates in an Arif a or 
! fail , of different lengths in different fpecies ; in fome of them, when the feeds are become ripe, they detach themfelves 
from the receptacle, to which they are affixed, with confiderableelaflicity, and the feeds being loo fely contained with- 
in the Arillus , are thrown out to a confiderftble diftance. In the prefent fpecies, the feeds are more clofely inverted 
bv the Arillus , which does not leparate itfelf with fo much force, and as foon as detached, the Arif a begins to be 
twifted up in a fpiral form. This may be very diftindtly oblerved if we feparate a feed, with its Arillus , as foon as ripe, 
-and place it in the palm of the hand, the tail of the Arillus immediately appears in motion, as if endued with fome fen- 
litive property, and continues uninterruptedly this motion, ’till it has afl’umed the form of a ferew, vid. fg. 13. The 
feed thus furnifhed with its twifted Arilla, is more liable to attach itfelf to any thing which may come in contact with 
it, by which means this plant is more univerfally difleminated. 
The Geranium mofchatum has a great affinity with this fpecies, that plant however has a ftrong fmell of mulk, 
which this entirely wants ; and has alfo many other peculiarities, which we lhall not fail to particularize when 
it comes to be treated of. 
