56 GERANIACE^E. L Geranium. 



tuberculate ; capsules wrinkled. Br. Fl. \.p. 312. E. Fl. v. 

 iii. p. 236. E. Bot. t. 75. 



Rocks, walls, and roofs of houses ; on old thatched roofs in the 

 suburbs of Killarney and Ennis ; on walls near both places, and on 

 Feltrum Hill. On walls near Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Plentiful at 

 Oldcastle, Loughcrew, and other places in the County of Cavan ; Rev. 

 Mr. Halpin. Cavehill, near Belfast ; Mr. F. Whitla. Fl. June, 

 July. 0. — Stems spreading, shining, (as are the leaves,) brittle, swell- 

 ing at the joints. Leaves small, lower ones often of a fine red. 

 Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



5. G. robertianum, Linn. Stinking Crane's-bill, or Herb 

 Robert. Peduncles two-flowered ; leaves ternate or quinate ; 

 leaflets pinnatifid, segments mucronate ; calyx angular, hairy ; 

 capsules wrinkled. Br. Fl. 1. p. 312. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 235. 

 E. Bot. t. 1486. 



Woods, thickets, and stony waste grounds, frequent. Fl. summer 

 months. Q. 



6. G. molle, Linn. Dove s-foot Crane's-bill. Stalks two- 

 flowered, alternate, opposite to the leaves, which are rounded, 

 many-lobed, notched and downy; capsules numerously wrinkled, 

 smooth; seeds without dots. Br. Fl. 1. p. 213. E. Fl v. iii. 

 p.237. E. Bot. t. 778. 



Dry pastures and waste places, common. Fl. April — Aug. 0. — 

 Stems spreading, procumbent, with long hairs. Leaves lobed ; lobes 

 broad, cut. Flowers small, purple. Seeds smooth. 



7. G. rotundifolium, Linn. Round-leaved Crane's-bill. Pe- 

 duncles two-flowered ; leaves roundish or reniform, lobed and 

 cut, downy ; petals entire, the length of the calyx, capsules 

 smooth, hairy; seeds dotted, reticulated. Br. Fl. 1. p. 313. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 240. E. Bot. t. 157. 



Waste grounds and barren pastures. In several small islands near 

 Cove, and by the road between Cork and Glanmire. Fl. June, July. 

 ©. — Distinguished from the preceding by the entire petals. Capsules 

 turgid, thin, slightly keeled, clothed with prominent hairs, the surface 

 quite even, never wrinkled. 



8. G. pusillum, Linn. Small-Jlowered Crane's-bill. Pedun- 

 cles two-flowered ; flowers pentandrous ; petals notched ; leaves 

 rounded or reniform, in 5 — 7 deep lobes ; lobes trifid ; cap- 

 sules smooth, carinated, downy, with erect appressed hairs ; 

 seeds smooth. Br. Fl. 1. p. 313. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 238. E. 

 Bot. t. 385. 



Waste grounds and in gravelly soils. Road side near Ovens, 

 County of Cork; Mr. J. Drummond. Near Ki'.inakannick, County 

 of Wicklow ; Major Percy Pratt. Fl. June — Sept. ©. — Stem 

 weak, prostrate. Leaves deeply lobed. Flowers very small, bluish 

 purple. 



9. G. dissectum, Linn. Jagged-leaved Crane's-bill. Pe- 

 duncles two-flowered ; petals notched rather shorter than the 



