GERANIACE^. 117 



G. dissectum, Lin. Palmate-leaved Crane's-bill. — e.b. 753. 

 L.B.s. 236. 



A. 17. C. 75. Lat. 50-59°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-46°. 



Root rigid, tapering. Stems 6-12 inches high, erect or as- 

 cending, diffuse, rough with deflexed hairs, much branched, and 

 leafy. Leaves nearly palmate, divided nearly to the base, in 5-7 

 divisions, with linear, usually incised lobes. Peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves, or equal to them ; pedicels equal, slightly re- 

 fracted or erect. Awn of sepals long. Petals notched, obcor- 

 date, with only slightly fringed claws, about as long as the se- 

 pals. Carpels invested with soft hairs. Seeds punctate. 



Waysides, fields, hedges. Annual ; June-September. 



Flowers usually purple. There is a white-flowered variety, 

 but it is very rare. 



G. columbinum, Lin. Long-stalked Crane's-bill. — e.b. 259. 

 L.B.s. 237. 



A. 16. C. 50. Lat. 50-57°. Alt. 0-200 yds. 



Root annual. Stem slender, cylindrical, with red swollen 

 joints, branching, leafy, slightly pubescent with reflexed ap- 

 pressed down. Leaves mostly stalked, divided to the base ; seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, entire. Peduncles 2-flowered, longer 

 than the leaves. Pedicels long, filiform, very unequal. Sepals 

 ovate, with scarious margins and long awns. Petals obovate or 

 obcordate, about as long as the sepals. Anthers blue. Carpels 

 smooth. Seeds finely dotted. 



On cretaceous and calcareous soils (fields). Annual; July- 

 September. 



1 1 Leaves cleft. 



G. nodosum, Lin. Knotted-stalked Crane's-bill. — e.b. 1091. 

 L.B.s. p. 15. 

 A. 2. 



Root elongated, horizontal. Stems erect, slender, with turgid 

 joints (or rather the joinings or places of junction), glabrous 

 or puberulent (slightly pubescent) . Leaves 3-5-lobed, shining, 

 strongly nerved on the under surface ; lobes elongate, lanceolate, 

 and acuminate. Sepals oblong, with a filiform awn (point). 

 Petals cuneate (wedge-shaped), twice as long as the calyx, deeply 

 notched at the apex, with aciliated claw. Carpels ivrinkled trans- 

 versely at the apex. Seeds ovate-oblong, finely punctate. 



Hertfordshire. Naturalized ? Perennial ; June, July. 



