Geranium pra t ense . C rowfoot C ranesbil l
GERANIUM Lin. Gen. PI. Monade l ph ia D e c ä n d r ia .
, Monögyna. Stigmat. j . FruSlu; roftratus, 5-coccus.
RaiiSyn. Gen. 24. H ekbas P entapetalje Vasouliperpe.
GERANIUM pratcnfe pedunculis bifloris, foliis fubpeltatis multipartitis rugofis acutis, peta.is integris.
Lin. Syß. Feget. p. 514- Sp. PI. p. 9.54. Fl. Suec. n, 968.
GERANIUM caule eredto, foliis rugofis hirfutis' multilobis, lobis trifidis, lobulis femipinnatis, floribus
umbellatis. Haller. Hi/l. n. 931.
GERANIUM pratenfi ScopoliFl. Carn. n. 832.
GERANIUM batrachoides, Gratia Dei Germaaorum. Bank. Pin. 318.
GERANIUM Batrachoides. Ger. emac. 922.
GERANIUM Batrachoides flore cseruleo. Park. 704. Raii Syn. ed. 3. p. 360. Crowfoot Cranelbili.
Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 302. LightJootFI.Scot.p.g6i.
[RADIX perennis, craffitie digiti minimi aut major, hori- | ROOT perennial, the thicknefs of the little finger, or
| zontalis, rtigofa, e rubro fiifca, intus fiavefcens, | larger, horizontal, . wrinkled, of a reddilh
fibris majulculis profunde penetrantibus in-1 brown colour, yellowifli within,'furnilhed with
ftrufta. | largilh fibres, which penetrate to a great depth. IcAULIS pedaiis ad tripedalem, ereftus, ramofus, tereti-1STALK from one to three, feet in height, upright,
I ufculus, pubefcens, bafi ruberrimus, fuban-1 branched, roundiih, downy, very red, and fomegulofus.
? what angular at the bottom, f jOLlA hirfutula*, radicalia longiflime petiolata, fuprema | LEAVES fomewhat hirfute, thofe next the root, {landing
I fubfeflilia, omnibus multipartitis, Venofis, fub-1 on very long footftalks, the uppermoft ones
tu^ pallidioribus, laciuis multifidis, ineifis. | nearly feflile, all of them deeply divided into
■ | many fegmehts, veiny and paler underneath,
$ the Segments jagged.
Ip E T IO L I teretes, pubefcentes. ' | LEAF-STALKS round and downy.
IsTIPULiE ad bafm foliorum utrinque bin», ovato acu-1 ST IPU LE at the bafe of the leaves two on each fide,
minatsE, primo rubicund», dein marcefcentes, | ovate and pointed, at firft reddilh, afterwards
ad bafin pedunculorum quinae, lanceolat». | . withering, thofe at the bafe of the peduncles
| five in number, and lanceolate.
TEDUNCULI gemini, pilofiflimi, vifcofi, primo nu-f FLOWER-STALKS growing two together, very hairy,
tantes, demum erefli.' | clammy, at firft drooping, laftly upright.
[FLORES magni, fjJeciofi, e purpureo carulei.' | FLOWERS large, ftiowy, of a purplilh blue colour.
{CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, perfiftens, fo - 1C A L Y X : a Perianthium of five leaves and perma-
liolis ovatis, acutis? condavis, margine mem-1 nent, the leaves ovate, pointed, concave,
branaceis, fig.i, $ bearded, clammy, ribbed and membranous at
| the edge. Jig. i.
fCOROLLA: Petala quinque, fubintegerrima, venofa, f COROLLA : five Petals, nearly entire, veiny, hairy
bafi utrinque hirfutula. jig. 2. | on each fide the bafe. jig. 2.
[STAMINA: Filament a decern fubulata, fuperne| STAMINA : ten Filaments, tapering, purplifii above,
purpurafcentia, inferne'lata, albida; Anther.® ¥ below broad and whitilh; Anther® oblong,
oblongs, caeruleae, inc.umbentes. Jig. 3. % blue and incumbent, jig. 3.
PISTILLUM: G ermen pentagonum, vifcofum, viride;| P1STILLUM: G ermen pentagonal, clammy, of a
Stylus filiformis, rubicundus^ ftaminibus| green colour; Sty le filiform, reddilh, longer
longior; Stigma quinquefidum, laciniis li-1 than the ftamina; Stigma divided into five
nearibus, reflexis. Jig. 4. * fcgments, which are linear and turned back.
| • J>g- 4-
[SEMEN oblongum, lseve, ex arillo elaftice diffiliens.' Jig. I SEED oblong, fmooth, thrown from the feed-covering
j , 6, + with coofiderable elafticity. Jig. 5,6.
[ This is by far the moft fhowy of the Cranelbills growing wild with us, and in that refpeft is exceeded by none
|of the Englilh ones except the Sanguineum. Its leaves are large, and fomewhat like thofe of the Meadow Crow-
Ifoots, whence its name.
[ Its beauty has longfince recommended it to the notice of the curious in flowers, in the gardens of which we find
lit not only as it commonly occurs, but alfo with white, purple, and ftriped blofloms.
1 It loves a moift fituation, as it naturally grows wild in meadows, which it ornaments with its blofloms in July
land Auguft. Near London it is found in tolerable abundance in the meadows about Batterfea, and in the vicinity
lof the Thames both above and below bridge; in many parts of Torkjhire, particularly about Settlet it is almoft as com?
Imon as the Mallow is with us, not only in meadows, but every where under their ftone walls.
I The blofloms are much refortcd to by various fpecies of flies, particularly thofe of the Genus Empis.