'IB. 2. 
Of theHiftory of Plants. 
.947 
$ i GcraniumbttlbofimP ennui. 
Pennies bulbous Cranes bill. 
t 3 Geranium argcnteumi^dlpintim. 
i Siluer leaned Mountaine Cranes bill. 
foot-ftalkes come forth fine little iharpe 
pointed leaues : the floures grow by couples 
vpon the tops of the ftalkes,and are of a red- 
diili purple colour. Itgrowes wildein Den- 
markjivhence D r . Turner brought it,and be- 
llowed it vpon D'. Penny before mentioned. 
2 This hath ftalks fome foot high.ioin- 
ted, and of a purplifh colour rvpon which 
grow leaues diuided into three parts ; but 
thofe below are cut into hue, and both the 
one and the other are fnipt about the edges : 
the floures are compofed of flue reddifli pur- 
ple leaues of a pretty largeneffe, with a red- 
aifh pointall in the middle ; and falling,thc 
feed follows, as in other plants of this kind : 
the root is knotty, and ioynted,ivith fome fi- 
bres : it floures in May, and fo continued! a 
great part of the Sommer after. Clufiut calls 
this Geranium 5. nodofum, Plateau. This fom- 
times is found to carry tuberous excrefcen- 
ces vpon the ftalkes, toward the later end of 
Sommer : whence Plateau diftinguiihed it 
from the other, but afterwards found ir to be 
the fame : and Clufius alfo figures and deferi- 
beth this later varietie by the name of Gera- 
nium 6. tuberiferum Plateau. 
3 The root of this is fome two handfuls 
