Note 143 — {41} Fifthly, Of Plants.

Geranium, L. The first is G. Carolinianum, L., which nearly resembles Gerard’s dove’s-foot (p. 938); the second is G. Robertianum, L., common to us and Europe; and the third (Gerard, p. 940)—which cannot be G. dissectum—was meant, it is likely to be taken for synonymous with the fourth, or raven’s-claw,—doubtless our lovely G. maculatum, L., which belongs to that group of species which the old botanists distinguished by the common name Geranium batrachioides, or crow-foot geranium, which flowers in May, and is of well-known value in medicine; and the “knobby” root, attributed to Josselyn’s third kind, favors this opinion.