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flowers in July and Auguft, and may be propagated 
and treated in the fame manner as the third and fourth 
forts. ^ , . 
The ninth fort is the Leffer Centaury of the fhops-, 
this grows naturally upon dry paftures in moft parts 
of England, where it rifes in height proportionable to 
the goodnefs of the foil •, for in good land it is ire- 
quently a foot high, but in poor foils not more than 
three or four inches. It is an annual plant, with upright 
branching ftalks, garnifhed with fmall leaves placed 
by pairs. The flowers grow in form of an umbel at 
the top, and are of a bright purple colour ; they 
come out in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
This plant cannot be cultivated in the gardens. 
The tenth fort grows naturally upon chalky grounds 
in many parts of England. It is an annual plant, rifing 
with an upright ftalk a foot high, garniilied with oval- 
pointed leaves, whofe bafe furrounds the ftalk *, they 
grow by pairs, and are of a gray colour •, the ftalks 
and leaves are very fmooth. The flowers grow 
in form of an umbel on the top of the ftalk •, they 
are of a bright yellow colour, and are cut into eight 
parts at the top. Thefe appear in July, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn. 
The eleventh fort is an annual plant, which grows 
naturally in the fouth of France and in Italy ; this rifes 
with an upright ftalk about a foot high, fending out 
feveral branches toward the top, which are garnifhed 
by fmall leaves placed oppoflte. The flowers are 
produced from the fide and at the top of the ftalk, 
in formofloofe irregular umbels •, they are white, 
and about the fize of thofe of the common Centaury. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 
where it was difcovered by Father Plumier, and the 
late Dr. Houftoun found it growing in plenty at La 
Vera Cruz, in low moift places where the water ftag- 
nates, but at a remoter diftance from the fea. The 
feeds of this plant he fent to England, which fuc- 
ceeded in the Chelfea garden •, this rifes with an up- 
right branching ftalk near two feet high, garnifhed 
with oblong, fmooth, acute-pointed leaves, placed 
oppoflte •, the upper part of the ftalk divides into fe- 
veral forks, between which are fix or feven long na- 
ked foot-ftalks, each fuftaining one large blue flower, 
divided into five fegments at the brim. The flowers 
are fucceeded by oblong capfules with one cell, filled 
with fmall feeds. 
This is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown 
on a hot-bed foon after they are ripe, and the plants 
afterward treated in the fame manner as other tender 
annual plants from warm countries, being too tender 
to thrive in the open air in England. If the feeds of 
this plant are fown in autumn, in pots placed in the 
tan-bed of the ftove, they will fucceed better than 
when they are fown in the fpring, and the plants will 
flower early, fo good feeds may be obtained. 
GENTIANELLA. See Gentiana. 
GERANIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 346. Tourn. Inft. 
R. H. 266. tab. 142. [takes its name from 
Gr. a crane, orftork, becaufe its fruit refembles the 
bill of a Crane.] Crane’s-bill-, in French, Bee de Grue. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a permanent empalement , compofed of 
jive fmall oval leaves. 'The- flower hath five petals, 
which are oval, or heart-floaped , fpreading. open thefe are 
in fome fpecies equal, and in others, the upper two are 
much larger than the three lower. It hath ten ftamina, 
which are alternately longer, but' are floor ter than the pe- 
tals, and are terminated by oblong fummits. In the bot- 
tom of the flower is fituated a five-cornered gerrnen , fup- 
porting an awl-fhaped ftyle longer than the ftamina, 
which is permanent, crowned by five reflexed fligmas. The 
flower is fucceeded by five feeds , 'each being wrapped up in 
the hufk of the beak, which is extended the length of the 
ftyle, where they are twifted together at the point , fo as 
to form the refemblance of a ftork’s beak. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion of 
Linnaeus’s fixteenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have ten ftamina, and the male and fe- 
male organs are joined in one body. Tournefort 
places it in the fixth fectlon of his fixth clafs. In which 
he ranges the herbs with a Rofe flower, whofe pointal 
becomes a fruit with feveral capfules. 
The Species are, 
1. Geranium ( Pratenfe ) pedunculis bifloris, folds fub- 
peltatis multipartitis pinnato lacimatis rugofis acutis, 
petalis integris. Hort. Cliff. 344. Crane’s-bill with two 
flowers on each foot-ftalk , target-Jhaped leaves cut into 
many acute fegments, and entire petals. Geranium ba- 
trachiodes, Gratia Dei Germanorum. C. B. P. Crane’s- 
bill with a Crow-foot leaf, and large blue flowers. 
2. Geranium ( Macrorrhizum ) pedunculis bifloris, caly- 
cibus inflatis, piftillo longiflimo. Hort. Cliff. 343. 
Crane s-bill with two flowers on each foot-ftalk, inflated 
empalement s, and a very long pointal to the flower. Gera- 
nium batrachioides, longius radicaturn, odoratum. 
J. B. Long-rooted fweet -fuelling Crane’ s-bill, with a 
Crow-foot leaf. 
3. Geranium ( Sanguineum ) pedunculis unifloris, folds 
quinquepartitis trifidis orbiculatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
685. Crane’s-bill with one flower on each foot-ftalk, and 
orbicular leaves, which are trifid and divided into five 
parts. Geranium fanguineum, maximo flore. Pi. Ox. 
Bloody Crane’s-bill with a larger flower. 
4. Geranium ( Lancaftrenfe ) pedunculis unifloris, fo- 
lks quinquepartitis laciniis obtufis brevibus, caulibus 
decumbentibus. Crane’s-bill with one flozver upon each 
foot-ftalk, leaves divided into five parts , whofe fegments 
are fhort, blunt , and declining ftalks. Geranium has- 
matodes Lancaftrenfe, flore eleganter ftriato. Rail 
Plift. Bloody Crane’s-bill with a variegated flower. 
5. Geranium {Nodofum ) pedunculis bifloris-, foliis cau~ 
Unis trilobis integris lerratis, furnmis fubfeffilibus. 
Hort. Cliff. 343. Crane’s-bill with two flowers on each 
foot-ftalk, the leaves upon the . ftalks having three entire 
flawed lobes, the upper leaves fitting clofe to the ftalk. 
Geranium 5. nodofum. Plateau. Club Hilt. Knotty 
Crane’s-bill. 
6 . Geranium ( Phaum ) pedunculis bifloris, foliifque al- 
ternis, calycibus lubariftatis, caule erefto, petalis un- 
dulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 681. Crane’s-bill with two 
fliovoers on each foot-ftalk, alternate leaves, bearded, em-* , 
palements, an eredl ftalk, and waved petals to the flower. 
Geranium phteum five fufeum, petalis reflexis, folio 
non maculofo. H. L. Brown Crane’s-bill with reflexed 
petals , and leaves not fpotted. 
7. Geranium ( Fufeum ) pedunculis bifloris, foliis quin- 
quelobatis inciiis, petalis reflexis. Crane’s-bill with two 
flowers upon each foot-ftalk, leaves divided into five lobes , 
which are cut, and the petals of the flowers reftexed. 
Geranium phaeum five fufeum,. petalis reftis feu pla- 
nis, folio maculato. H. L. Brozvn Crane’s-bill with 
plain petals, and fpotted leaves. 
8. 'Geranium ( Striatum ) pedunculis bifloris, altero'bre- 
viore, foliis quinquelobis medio dilatatis, petalis bilo- 
bis venofo reticulatis. Burm. Ger. Crane’s-bill with two 
flowers upon each foot-ftalk, one bigger than the other, 
leaves having jive lobes, and flowers with two lobes . Ge- 
ranium Romanum, verficolor five ftriatum. Park. Par. 
Roman Crane’s-bill with flriped flozvers. 
9. Geranium ( Sylvaticum ) pedunculis bifloris, foliis 
fubpeltatis quinquelobis incifo-ferratis, caule erecto, 
petalis emarginatis. Flor. Lapp. 266. Crane’s-bill with 
two flowers on each foot-ftalk , tar get -ft: aped leaves with 
five lobes deeply flawed, an eredl ftalk, and indented petals 
to the flower. Geranium batrachioides montanum 
noftras. Ger. Mountain Crane’s-bill with a Crow-foot 
leaf. 1 
10. Geranium {Oriental ) pedunculis bifloris, foliifque 
oppofitis, petalis integris, calycibus brevioribus. Eaft- 
' ern Dove’s-foot Crane’ s-bill, with oppoflte leaves, tzvo 
flowers on each foot-ftalk , and a fhort empalement. Ge- 
ranium Orientaie columbinum, fibre maximo, afpho- 
deli radice. T. Cor. Oriental Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill, 
with an Jfphodel root and large flowers . 
11. Geranium {Perenne) pedunculis bifloris, folds in- 
ferioribus quinque-partito-multifidis rotundis, fuperi- 
oribus trilobis, caule ereefto. Hudf. Flor. Ang. 265. 
Crane’s-bill with two flowers on each foot-ftalk, ihs 
lower leaves having five many-pointed lobes, the upper 
three , 
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