ERODIUM hymenodes.
Thi 'ee-leaved Heron’s-bill.
E. hymenodes, pedunculis multifloris, foliis obtusis in-
ciso-dentatis : inferioribus ternatis; superioribus tri-
lobis, caule erecto. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 635.
Botan. magaz. 1174. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 157.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 225. L’Herit. geran. t. 4.
Erodium trilobatum. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 508. Collect.
4. p. 200.
Geranium hymenodes. Andrews's reposit. 413.
Geranium trifolium. Cav. diss. 4. p. 223. t. 97. f . 3.
Geranium geifolium. Desf. atl. 2. p. 108.
Perennial. Herbaceous, increasing yearly in size
above ground, and branching off a little. Stalks- numerous,
erect, thickly covered with Leaves opposite, lower ones ternate, suopftp uern eoqnuesa ld heaeiprlsy.
3-lobed; lobes obtuse, unequally toothed, with round
blunt teeth. Petioles flat on the upper side and
rSotiupnudleeds mbeelmowbr,a nthaiccekoluys ,c wlohthiteed, swomithe lsaonfct evoilllaotue,s ohtahierrss.
voibllloounsg. or Ionvvoatleu,c rpeu boefs c4e notr. 6P emduemncbleras nmacaenoyu-fsl obwraecreteds,
united into one at the base, and slightly pubescent.
Pedicles arranged in 2 rows before the flowers expand,
afterwards spreading all round and ascending when in
cseeeodla. te, Coablytuxs oe,f c5o snecpaavles,; wseiptha lsa omveamteb orar nbacroeaodulsy m laanrgin,
densely covered with soft villous hairs. Corolla
of 5 petals, nearly equal in size, longer than the calyx,
nearly orbicular, and ciliated at the base; upper petals