236 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
GERANIUM PRATENSE. Blue Meadow Cranés-bill. We 
may now find the other species of this beautiful genus, at 
least those which are not too rare for the young botanist, 
and the pratense is one of the prettiest. Its large purple 
flowers make it very conspicuous, being as fine as many of 
cultivated species. ‘The leaves are large also, divided into 
five parts, and these very much cut and jagged. ‘The blos- 
soms are very numerous, two united together on one main 
stalk. It is not so common a species as many others, but 
is found in pastures and moist thickets, particularly near 
cascades in hilly countries. 
GreRaNIuM LucIDuUM. Shining Crane’s-bill. Frequent 
on rocks, walls, and roofs of houses, particularly in moun- 
tainous countries. Stem spreading, shining, brittle, swelling 
at the joints. Leaves roundish, five-lobed, notched, and 
shining, lower ones often of a fine red. Flowers small, rose- 
coloured, two growing together. 
Geranium PusittuM. Small-flowered Crane’s-bill, The 
flowers are very smali, and purplish. Stem weak and pros- 
trate. Leaves deeply divided into five or seven parts, these 
again having three lobes. It is frequently found, from June 
to September, on waste ground in gravelly soil. 
Geranium coLumBinuM. Long-stalked Crane’s-hill. This 
