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Show 200 The BRET I SiH The (‘HE RB AL. ree. The ftalks: rife among thefe: they are numerous, thick, and of a pale green: they fpread themfelves every way, and are very much branched. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from’ the root, but they are fmaller, and their pinna, as thole of the others, are very deeply cut in at.the edges, and fharp-pointed. The flowers ftand on thetopsof the ftalks and branches on flender, long footftalks, each fupporting three or more: they are moderately large, and ofa beautiful red. The beaksare large, and fharp. It is common onditch-banks, and flowersall fummer. C. Bauhine calls it Geranium cicute folio minus et fupinum. Others, very idly, Geranium mofchatum inodorum; becaufe it refembles the muk cranefbill, next to be defcribed, in figure, but has not its fmell. crane/bill. Our people call it Unjavoury % lie fpread upon the ground, andare of dufky green, Each is compofed of a great manypairs of pinne and thefe are broad, fhort, and indented ore flightly at the edges thanin eitherof the former, The ftalks are nurherous, round, thick, and flefhy: theyare two feet long, not much branched, and they have leaves on them like thofe from the root. The flowers are fmall and white, never} the leaft tinge of red: they ftand at the to the ftalks and branches on long footftalks, or three on each, rarely more. Thebeakis large andtharp. Tt is commonin our fouthern counties 5 and has been found by Mr. Rayin the neigbourhood of London. Tabernamontanus calls it Gera album. Others, Geranium inodorum albt Tra fh Geranium foliis pinnatis mofchatum. Theroot is long, white, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres. The leaves that firft rife from it are long, and beautifully pinnated: they lie fpread upon the groundin a circular manner, andare of a pleafant green: each is compofed of manypairs of pinnz placed on a middle rib, and an odd one at the end; and thefe are not fo deeply cut in at the edges as in the preceding fpecies; often only notched: flightly. The ftalks are numerous, thick, round, and hairy; they rife in the centre of the tuft ofleaves, and {pread every way; and they are very much branched. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the root, and are cut, in the fame manner, flightly at the edges, and of a pale green: the whole plant has a very fweet fcent, refembling that of mufk. The flowers are fmall and red: they ftand feveral together in a kind oflittle umbells. Theftalks are long and flender. It is wild in our fouthern counties, and has been thence’ for its {cent brought into gardens, It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Geranium cicute folio mofchatum. Others, Geranium mofchatum, 20. Great pinnated-leaved Cranefbill, Geranium foliis pinnatis maximum, The root is Jong and thick, and is furnifh ed with numerous fibres. Thefirft leaves are very long, andlarge: they Dt Sid OsN th: 1. Cranefbill with divided and fubdivided leaves Geranium inberofum Sloribus umbellatis, 15.0C2qut 29. rib; fo that they are only the incifions of an ene joints are di andf emble in all refpeéts thofe from the root, except that they are fmaller. and beautiful ; and they The flowers are large are difpofed in a kind of umbell: they ftand her at the top ofthe ftalk, and eigh g : of the branches ; each has’its at the ex lo! der footftalk, and thefe all grow from one point at the top of the main ftalk, where there is a {mall general cup. The beaks are very long, large, and fharp. It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and flowers The root is long, thick, sand dividedinto ma- ny parts, lous ti ¥ . i j Breynius calls it Ger m noéiu olens e tnberofa foliis myrrbidis latioribus. opicum Others, Geranium trifte. The leaves rife in a round tuft, and are very beautiful: they are long and narrow, and each is y alpine Cranefbill. rgenteum alpinum. compofed of feveral pairs of pinnae, with an odd one at the end: thefe are fhort, broad, and flightly ferrated ; and the whole leaf has much the afpect of burnet leaf, whence fome have named the plant. The ftalks are round, whitifh, and branched; andthe leaves which grow on themarelike thole from the root in all refpects, only they are fmaller, The flowers are moderately large, and of a fingular ftruéture: they are compofed eachof five petals, in the manner of the others; but thefe are broad and unequal : the two upper ones are fhorter than the others, and each has a green {pot. The beak is fmall and fender. It is found in Yorkfhire; and has been obferved nearer London, particularly about Hackney. Dillenius calls it Geranium pimpinelle folio. Some havecalled this {pecies Geranium Robertianum; but that breeds confufion, another {pecies having been long univerfally known by that name. HERB The beaks are extremely large, and longs fharp-pointed, ifh yellow. P-P 3 and of a It frequent in the ¢ in June. acu longiffi C. Bauhine calls it Ge 4. Broad-leaved hairy Cranefbill, G The root is long, flender, divid The firft in a thick tuft, an unlike thofe of moft of this » approaching to an ¢ large andbr irregularly flightly ferrated, and not they are of a pale green covere 1 2 ery down, and ftand on long, flender, hairy footftalks. rifes in the centre, and is round t,; of a pale green; hairy, and a foot andhalf high. jy The leaves onit perfectly refemble thofe from the root: they are {mall , aad foft to the touch. The flowers grow in tufts fix or eight to gether and at the extremities of at the top ofthe the branches: they are {mall, and of a pale The beaks are fall, and very flender. It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. i ‘ d evening have an extremely nt fmell, but in the day-time it is not per- 21. Pinnated Cranefbill with fpotted flowers. Geraniumfoliis pinnatis floribus ma 19. Mufk Cranefbill. BRITISH The root is long, thick, brownandirregular. The leaves » fmall, and fupare divided deepported on long footftalks : five or more fegments, and each of thefe into ly is notched on the two fides near the top; fo that eel ity has atrifid appearance. the « ks are flender and wi they rife in e number among the leaves, and are E whitifh colour: they divide toward the top into: two parts, and fupports on eachof the divifions a fingle flower. The whole ftalk is rarely above four inches in above the andthick. on the Alps, ne calls it Ge Geran: nnzeus fuppofes our /7éé/ d, to be the fame fpecies vy flowers, and inthe ftructure of the beaks This author has alfo a much mor dinary conjecture on the prefent hea gines that this plant, the candycra mufk cranefvill, and ¢ innated crane) out feent are all the fame f This is bringing in confufion, and with foundation in nature or reafon, If thet plants be not diftin& fpecies the fludes never know what tocall by that name: only be ed to the feveral figures | as they grow, to fee that th and flo argenteum nzit as palpa any er and as effentially, genus. If thefe wet one, s given us no means nature g which are truly diftinét: but thefe tions that will foon be flighted. Of k li ¢ 5. Stinking Cranefbill. All the fpecies of cranefdill are reftringent and vulnerary. Theyare good againtt inwar dbruifes, and in haemorrhages of all kinds. A ftrong decoétion ofthe herb Robert ftands recommended as excellent in nephritick com- plaints; and the dove’s-foot cranefbill is, in the fame manner, recommended againf t ruptures: they have not been fo much ufed in the practice of phyfick as they appear to deferve, OREIGN SPECIE §. tiful: they are large, broad, and deeply divided and fubdivided : each is formed of twoor three Pairs of large fegments, refem bline wings, and an odd One at the end; andthefe “feements are The root is large, thick, tuberous, and irregularly formed. again deeply divided in the fame manne The firft leaves are nume r, but rous and very beay- ‘ none of thefe divifions go downto the middle a rib; Gerat he root is long, lender, and white, “he firft leaves are nd are fu The root is tuberous and oblong; of a re lifh colour, and very ftinking fmell. 2 but beautif king, comr three pairs of pinne, or {mall odd one at the end: this is much others, and they are all s: their colour is a faint gr < is round, thick, jo I f a pal een colour, and a foot ar y Supported on a fhort four or five with ¢ pinnaeis ay of minute, oval 1 an oddone at its ander, and weak : r naked, but fomeleaves toward The |