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I GERANIUM Lin. Gen. PI, Monadelphia Decandria.
Monogynia. Stigmat. 5. Fruäus roftratus, 5-coccus.
Raii Syn. Gen. 24. Herbæ pentapetalæ vascüliferæ.
[ GERANIUM molle pedunculis bifloris, foliifque floralibus altérais, petalis bifidis, calycibus muticis,
caule ereftiufculo. Lin. Syfl. Vegetab. p. 515. Sp. PI. p. 955. FI. Suecic. p. 577.
I GERANIUM foliis molliflimis, hirfutis, reniformibus, femiquinquefidis, lobis femitripartitis, obtufis,
Haller Hiß. n. 939.
I GERANIUM molle. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. an noftra planta ?
I GERANIUM columbinum villofum, petalis, bifidis purpureis. Vaill. Paris 79. t. 15. fig.: 3.
I GERANIUM columbinum. Ger.,emac. 938.
I GERANIUM columbinum vulgare. Parkin/bn 706. Raii Syn. p. 359. Dove’s-Foot, or Dove’s-
Foot Crane’s-Bill.
I GERANIUM folio malvæ rotundo. Bank. Pin. 318.
Hudfon Fl. Angl. p.% 18.
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 370.
RADIX annya, fufiformis, Ample f* ROOT annual, tapering, and fimple.
ICaIjLES p^ures, utplurimum procumbentes, teretes, $ STALKS feveral, procumbent, round, o f a reddifh
ngS rubicundi, dodrantales aut pedales, villofi, I colour, from nine inches to a foot in length,
I ramofi. $ villous, and branched.
FOLIA radicalia petiolis longis, teretibus, villofis, | LEAVES : thofe next the root fitting on long, round,
I infidentia, fubrotunda, villofa, fubtus ve- $ villous footftalks, of a roundilh form, hoary,
■ nofa, feptemfida, laciniis incifis, caulina al- f and veiny underneath, deeply divided into
I terna in lacinias pauciores, anguftiores et $ feven fegments, which are jagged: the
I acutiores divifa.. | leaves on the ftalk alternate, divided into
$ fewer fegments, which are narrower and
f more pointed.
RTIPUL^E ad fingula genicula quaternse, membra- £ ST IPU LE four at each joint, membranous, and
K nacese, marefcentes. . f withering.
pEDUNCULI longitudine et formapetiolorum iifque f FLOWER-STALK: general flower-flalk the length
E oppofiti, bifidi, biflori: peaicelli pedunculo % and form of the leaf-ftalks, and growing op-
K triplo fere breviores, ftipulis minoribus ad <> polite to them, bifid, and fupporting two
I bafin cin&is, ad lentem fubvifcofis. | flowers : partial flower-ftalks nearly three
|| times fhorter than the general one, furroundf
• ed at their bafe by fmaller ftipula;, Tome of
| the hairs on which appearing glandular if
£ viewed with a glafs.
CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis <
I ovato-acutis, trinervibus, pilous, iriaequalibus, <
I brevi mucrone, rufo, non admodum acuto, ^
■ terminatis, fig . j.
C01ÖLLA: Petala quinque, purpurea, obcordata, |
calyce paulo longiora, unguibus, parvis, \
1 utrmque ciliatis.
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p lM lN A : Filamenta decern, alba, aequalia, bafi
llJ|§ vix coalefcentia : A nther.« cceruleas,
j fig- 2.
■ B lL L U M : Germ en quinquanguläre: Stylus
fubulatus, vifcofus: Stigmata quinque,
I rubra, reflexa, fig , 3, 4.
P f INA quinque, ovata, glabra, fig. 5, 7, 8. Arillo
I rugofo tefla, fig . 6. '
CA L YX : a Perianthium of five leaves, ovate,
pointed, having three ribs, hairy, unequal,
and terminated by a reddifh and fomewhat
blunt point, fig. 1.
COROLLA: five purple Petals, inverfely heart-
Ihaped, a little longer than the calyx, the
\ claws fmall, and edged on each fide with
§ hairs.
I STAMINA : ten white Filaments, of an unequal
length, broad at bottom, but not perceptibly
united : A nther ve blue, fig. 2. ■
| PISTILLUM: G ermen five-cornered: Sty le ta-
$ pering, with glandular hairs: Stigmata
five, of a red colour, and turning back, Rf .
% 3» 4-
| SEEDS five, oval and fmooth, fig. 5, 7, covered
| with a wrinkled Arillus, fig16.
tQ, I e Gyranium nolle is the moft common of all our Geraniums, and one qf the earlieft in bloflom, beginning
wJi F M an.^ continuing through the Summer. Its moft natural fituation is on a dry bank ; yet it
ten is found in paftures, and under walls. If growing by itfelf, the ftalks are ufually procumbent:
^ojgpther plants it is often drawn upright. :
GWi TrrS/-v.ery mucfi in fize; the flowers alfo vary much both in fize and qolour. In the'Lawn before
foma' -> I have noticed this plant almoft as large as the pyrenaicum of L innaeus. Its flowers are
^ ■ “es white, fometimes pale red, with many gradations of purple.
witHlis™'^ 15,kely to miftaken for the rotundifolium and pyrenaicum, neither of which are common plants
ln what refpeft it differs from thefe, we {hall mention when they come to be defcribed.
feedJtk^ ,remark here, that the Arilli, or coverings of the feeds, fig. 6. are curioufly wrinkled; but the
»nemfelves are perfeftly fmooth.