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GERANIUM palustre.
Marsh Crane’s-bill.
G. declinatis,palustre, pedunculis foliis radicbailfilbouriss sloenpgteimssliombiiss,, pceaduiclienlilsis
dquenintqe,u eploetbailsi s dinentetgatriiss,. caule decumbente adscen-
Geranium palustre. JVilld. sp. pl. 3. p. 703. Flor.
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187.
branRcohoint g pienr enalnli adl.i rectSiotenms. hBerrabnaccheeosu s ascdeencduimngb,e natt, last nearly erect, thickly covered with stiff recurved
lhoabierss., loLbeeasv esc unneeaatre ,t hde enrotaotte ; desetapllky- ledaivveidse do pipnotosi te7,
Pdeeetipollye s 5v-eloryb ehda, iruyn. eqSutaiplluyl edse lnatnactee,o lhataei,r yta puenrd-epronineatethd., widened at the base. Peduncles very long, 2-flowered;
pedicles bending downwards, then ascending. Invollaunccree
oglaetnee, raalclyu moifn a4t eb. racCteasl,y xw 5h-ilceha vaerde, m2 elamrgberar ntohuasn, the others, strongly ribbed, with a membranous margoibnt.
u se,C oorf*o lala reodfd i5s he nptiurrep lpee twalisth, odfa rekqeura lv seiiznes,. ovSattae,
amnetnhse r1s.0 , cGonenrmecetnesd pautb etshcee nbta, saew, nasll nbaekaerdin, gs tpraeirgfehct.t
Stigmas 5, reflexed, of a pale rose colour.
This is one of the handsomest species of the true
aG esrcaanricuem psl; aint ti si na noautri vceo lolfe cGtieornms,a ntyh,o aungdh isd easte prvreinsgen at
place in any collection of hardy plants; it is a hardy
herbaceous perennial, and will thrive in most soils,, but