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G E R a N I U M lucidum.
Shining Cranejbill.
M O N A D E L P H I A Decandria.
G en. Char. Style one. Cor. o f five petals, regular.
NeStary five glands at the bafe o f the longer
ftamina. Fruit beaked, leparating into five arilli,
each tipped with a long fimple naked awn.
Spec. Char. Stalks two-flowered. Calyx pyramidal,
angular and rugged. Leaves O OO roundifh and fivelobed.
Syn. Geranium lucidum. Linn. Sp. PL 9 5 5 . Hudf. FI.
An. 304. With. Bot. A r. 730. Relh. Cant. 262.
G. faxatile. Rail Syn. 361.
T H IS beautiful fpecies grows in the fame fituations as the
G. robertianum, on walls, moift rocks, &c. but is not fo common,
except in the mountainous parts of Great Britain. It is
a brilliant ornament to the romantic dells of Matlock and Weft-
moreland, decorating many a thatched roof and mo fly ftone
with its polifhed red Items, and fliining leaves, which often
likewife turn red if expofed to much light. It flowers throughout
the fummer. The root is annual. We are obliged to
Mr. Robfon of Darlington for this fpecimen.
In the fpecies before us the arillus of the feed has feveral
rugged longitudinal ribs, and is hairy at the top. This part is
very important in determining the fpecies of Geranium, and
has not yet been well attended to, or botanifts would never
have been at a lofs to difcriminate G. molle, pyrenaicum,
pufillum and rotundifolium.