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and thick, reflexed after flowering. Sepals softly hairy, with 

 hairy awns (points). Petals spreading, twice as long as the 

 calyXj obovate^ rounded at the summit^ with a ciliated, but not 

 hairy claw. Filaments triangular at the base. Carpels hairy, 

 not wrinkled. Seeds ovate-oblong, alveolate {pitted) . 



In woods and meadows, especially on a limestone soil. Peren- 

 nial; June- August. 



G. sylvaticum, Lin. Wood Crane's-bill. — e.b. 121. l.b.s. 

 230. 



A. 11. C. 30. Lat. 52-60°. Alt. ?-850 yds. Tern. 47-36°. 



Root woody. Stems erect, much branched, roundish, rather 

 rough. Leaves 5-7-lobed; lobes coarsely serrated (incised at 

 the apex), hairy ; the lowermost on long stalks, the uppermost 

 sessile. Flowers erect. Sepals ribbed, hairy and glandular, with 

 long awns. Petals entire, claw bearded all over. Stamens equal, 

 lanceolate or subulate. Carpels hairy. Seeds minutely reticu- 

 lated. 



In pastures, woods, and by roadsides in the north of England 

 and Scotland, especially on a limestone soil. Per. ; June-Sept. 



The leaves in this species are less deeply divided than they are 

 in G. pratense, and the flowers are usually reddish, and when 

 they vary towards bluish -purple, the tinge of blue is not so in- 

 tense as in the former species. 



G. sanguineum, Lin. Bloody Crane's-bill. — e.b. 272. l.b.s. 

 240. 



A. 16. C. 40. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-300 yds. Tern. 52-44°. 



Root thick, horizontal, elongate. Stem erect, rigid, round, 

 slender, hairy, leafy. Leaves opposite, nearly palmate, with cu- 

 neate, trifid lobes ; lobes linear, entire or incised. Peduncles, in 

 the axils of the leaves and stem, one-flowered by abortion, ve7'y 

 long, erect or spreading-erect, rarely two-flowered; two small 

 bracts svibtend the pedicel, one of which represents the abortive 

 pedicel. Sepals with a broad scarious margin and a hairy awn. 

 Petals obovate or cuneate, notched, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Carpels not wrinkled, with a few hairs at the apex. Seeds finely 

 alveolate. — There is a variety with pink flowers, veined with 

 purple. 



Hilly pastures on a limestone soil. Per, ; June-August. 



Var. erectum : stem erect. Var. prostratum : stem prostrate. 

 The petals of this species are very fugacious. 



