GERANIUM SANGUINEUM. BLOODY CRANESBILL.
GERANIUM sanguineum; pedunculis unifloris, foliis suborbicularibus quinquepartitis, lobis trifidis’
capsulis apice setosis.
GERANIUM sanguineum. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 958. Huds. Angl. p. 305. Lightf. Scot. p. 372. With.
B ot.'Arr. ed. 4. vol. 3.p. 587. FI. Dan. t. 1107. Hoffrn. Germ. ed. 2. ml. 1. P . II.
p. 61. Willd. Sp. P l.p . 697. Smith F I B r it.p . 738. \ Engl. Bot. t. 272. Decand.
FI. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 4. p. 845. FI. Gall. Syn. p. 407. Pers. Syn. PI. m l. 2. p. 234. Ait.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. ml. 4. />..184. Hook. FI. Scot. P . I. p. 206.
GERANIUM pedunculis unifloris, foliis septemlobis, petalis bifidis. Hall. Helv. n. 930.
GERANIUM heematodes. Bloody Cranesbill. Raii Syn. p. 360.
f3 GERANIUM hasmatodes foliis majoribus pallidioribus et altius incisis. Bloody Cranesbill, with
larger, paler, and more deeply divided leaves. Raii Syn. p. 360.
7 GERANIUM heematodes Lancastriense, flore eleganter striato. Bloody Cranesbill, with a variegated
flower. Raii Syn. p. 360.
GERANIUM lancastriense. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. m l.S .p . 588.
GERANIUM prostratum. Cavan. Diss. p. 196. t. 76. f . 3.
Germ. Der blutige Storckschorabel. Swed. Ormgras. Welsh. P ig y r Aran rhuddgoch.
Class a n d Or d e r . M ONADE L PHIA DECANDRIA.
[N a tu r a l O r d e r . GERANIACEÆ, Hook. G ER AN I A, Juss. GERANICÆ, Decand. G RU INALES,
Linn.~\
G e n . Ch a r . Calyx pentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala, regularis. Glandules nectariferts quinque. Fmctus
rostratus, in capsulis quinque monospermis dehiscens. Capsules arista longa, nuda, simplice, (neque spirali
neque barbata) terminatse.
G e n . C iia r . Calyx o f five leaves. Corolla o f five regular petals. Nectariferous glands five. Fruit beaked,
splitting into five monospermous capsules, each tipped with along, naked, simple (neither spiral nor bearded) awn.
Ra d ix longe repens, perennis, crassa, lignosa, nodosa,
hie lllic fibris magnis descendentibus instructa.
Caules plurimi, ad basin squamosi, debiles, ramosi,pilo-
si, rarius dichotomi, geniculati, geniculis tumidis.
Folia ex geniculis caulium, opposita, petiolata, cir-
cumscriptione orbiculata, parce pilosa, quinque*
v el rarius septem-partita, lobis cuneatis, ple-
rumque trifidis, obtusis, nervosis.
F lores axillares, solitarii, magni, speciosi, sanguinei,
longe pedunculati, pedunculis pilosis, supra medium
bibracteatis.
Ca ly x pentaphyllus, persistens ; foliolis oblongo-ovatis,
costatis, pilosis, viridibus, apice aristatis.
Corolla pentapetala : Petalis oblongo-cordatis, obtu-
sissimis, venosis, ungue pubescente.
St a m in a decern : Antheræ cærulescentes.
PlSTiLLUM : Ger-men quinquelobum, viride : Stylus lon-
giusculus : Stigmata quinque, rubra.
P e r ic a r p iu m : Capsulæ (vel Cocci) quinque, longe
aristatæ, elastice dissilientes, ovata, læves, apice
setosæ ; uniloculares, intus déhiscentes, altera ex-
tremitate pilorum -alborum fasciculo terminât®.
Sem e n ovatum, glabrum, loeve, fuscum.
Root creeping for a considerable distance, perennial,
thick, knotted, here and there furnished with
strong descending fibres.
Sta lks many, scaly at the base, weak, branched, hairy,
rarely dichotomous, jointed, the joints swoln.
L eaves springing from the joints o f the stalks^ opposite,
upon foot-stalks, their outline orbiculate,
slightly hairy, cut into five, rarely seven segments
; the lobes cuneate, commonly trifid, obtuse,
nerved.
Flowers axillary, solitary, large, showy, o f a blood colour,
borne upon long foot-stalks ; the foot-stalks
hairy, and above the middle o f their length bi-
bracteate'.
Ca l y x permanent, o f five divisions; the leaflets ob-
longo-ovate, ribbed, hairy, green, awned at the
points.
Corolla o f five pe ta ls; Petals oblong-heart-shaped,
very obtuse, veined, their claw pubescent.
St am e n s ten : Anthers blue.
P i s t il : Germen five-lobed, green: Style rather lo n g :
Stigmas five, red.
Pe r ic a r p : Capsules (or Coccules) five, furnished with
long awns, dividing elastically, ovate, smooth,
bristly at the points, one-celled, internally dehiscent,
one extremity terminated by a fascicle
o f white hairs.
S e ed ovate, glabrous, shining, brown.
Fig. 1 . Petal. Fig. 2. Flower deprived of its petals. Fig. 3. Fruit. Fig. 4. Single capsule or coccule. Fig. 5.
Seed :—all more or less magnified.
This Geranium, whose flowers are nearly equal in size, and far superior in colour to those of Geraniiimpratense,
already figured in this work, is not unfrequent in rocky and stony places in various parts of the kingdom, chiefly
abounding in the north of England and in Scotland.
I t is liable to considerable variation both in the leaves and flowers. The former have from five to seven lobes,
and they are more or less deeply c u t: whence the var. (3. When the plant is more prostrate than usual, and the
flower larger and paler, but with deeper veins, it becomes the var. (3. Lancastriense; which some modern authors,,
following Ray and Dillenius, have elevated to the rank of a species. The petals, I have observed likewise, are subject
to variation in their breadth, some being rotundato-cordate, others oblongo-cordate, and much attenuated at
the base. .
Our drawing represents the most common state of the plant, and was taken from a specimen communicated by
Mr. Greville from Salisbury Craigs, Edinburgh, in the beginning of September. Its best flowering season is,
however, in July.