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when it attains its highest development, but it must have shade and 

 a rich soil to show forth its full beauty. The Dove's-foot Crane's- 

 bill, G. molle, may be known by the roundish leaves which grow 

 next the root, and deeply-notched petals of a pinkish-purple colour, 

 though in many of its characters it resembles the Small-flowered 

 Crane's-bill, Q. pusillum, and the Round-leaved Crane's-bill, 0. to- 

 tundifolium. 



A common plant on dry wastes and fallow fields is the Jagged- 

 leaved Crane's-bill, O. dissectum, the leaves of which are cut into 

 longer and narrower segments than those of any other species, with 



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the exception of the one next to be mentioned. The flowers are 

 few, produced in pairs at the top of the plant ; they are of a pleasing 

 pink colour usually, but vary considerably, as soil and situation 

 affect them. Tbe Long-stalked Crane's-bill, 0. colutnbinum, is like 

 the last in its deeply-cut leaves, but the flowers are larger, and borne 

 on peculiarly long stalks, which give the plant a light, wiry appear- 

 ance, in which it differs from all other species. The Stork's-bills 

 are the close allies of the Crane's-bills ; they bear smaller flowers, 

 and the fruit has a longer, narrower, and harder beak. The Hemlock- 

 leaved Stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium, is the most common. 



