Geraniacese. 
107 
12(9). Ls angular in contour; segments almost rhomboidal. 
prolonged at the tip. Fr.-valves hairy . . IS 
•— Ls roundish in contour; segments obovate, obtuse or 
truncate, shortly 3—5-fid at the tip. (Seps shortly acu¬ 
minate. Seed smooth) . .... 15 
13. Fr.-valves wrinkled transversely. Fr.-pedicels reflexed. 
Seed smooth. Seps moderately acuminate. FIs small. 
Segments of the ls divergent.—Thickets, road-sides; 
G. W. (between Crusch and Remus; ISTaterS, Simplon, 
Visperthaler, Vercorin, Hermance). 6 divaricatum L. 449. 
— Fr.-valves smooth, or in 450 with a feeble transverse 
wrinkle at the top. Fr.-pedicels almost erect. Seed finely 
dotted. Seps long-awned ..... 11 
14. Leaf-segments oval, acuminate, unequally and coarsely 
toothed (not incised). PI. perenn., finely pubescent. Pets 
of a light rose colour, 18—20 mm.—Woods; Lugano, 
Orsieres, Yoirons, Dessenberg. 6 . nodosum L. 450. 
— Leaf-segments 3-fid and inciso-dentate. PI. bienn., with 
long spreading and glandular hairs. Pets 9—10 mm, 
ciliate, violet-blue.—Mountain woods, especially in neigh¬ 
bourhoods where charcoal is burnt; Lens, Joux-brulee, 
Alp. de Morcles, Pencec in the Einfischthal. 7 
bohemicum L. 451. 
15 (12). Fr.-valves wrinkled transversely, glabr. Most of the 
Is altern. FIs purple, smaller than in G. pyrenaicum, larger 
than in G. pusillum; distinguished from the last also by 
its long-haired stems. Comp. 440.—Road-sides; rubbish- 
heaps; distrib. 5 .... molle L. 452. 
— Fr.-valves (when fresh) not wrinkled transversely, gen. 
hairy. Most of the Is opp. ..... Id 
16. Pets 8—10 mm long, violet-red, with a small tuft above 
the claw. Stem pubescent and at the same time villous. PI. 
perenn. (with the remnants of last year’s ls at the base). 
—Road-sides, railway embankments; fairly distrib. 5 
pyrenaicum L. 453. 
— Pets 4—5 mm long, violet-blue, with a finely ciliate claw. 
Stem covered with an extremely short pubescence (al¬ 
most velvety). PI. ann. Comp. 440 and 452.—Road-sides, 
rubbish-heaps; distrib. 5 . . pusillum L. 454. 
123. Erodium. Erodium. XVI, 10. X, 8. 
1. Leaf-segments more or less closely set, sessile, gen. 
pinnatifid almost to the middle nerve, gen. with inciso- 
dentate lobes.—b. cheer ophyllum Dec. L.-segments and 
their lobes more distant, the latter more acute; pets 
not dotted.—Fields, road-sides, rubbish-heaps; distrib.4 
cicutarium L’Herit. 455. 
