GERANIACEjE. 119 



G. molle, Lin. Love' s-foot Crane's-bill. — e.b. 778. l.b.s. 235 

 A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-300 yds. Tern. 52-44°. 



Hoot, stems, and leaves as in G. pusillum, only tlie liairs or 

 pubescence are longer and spreading. Peduncles longer than the 

 vpper leaves. Petals ohcordate, rather larger and deeper-coloured 

 than in the former. Stamens all anther-bearing (some of the 

 stamens in G. pusillum are barren) . Carpels obliquely wrinkled, 

 glabrous. Seeds ovate. 



About roadsides and fields; April-October. 



These two species, G. molle and G. pusillum, may be distin- 

 guished from each other by the petals and carpels. In G. molle 

 the petal is rather obcordate than obovate, the notch is deeper, 

 and the colour is nearer to red or crimson than is the colour of 

 the flowers of G. pusillum. The curiously wrinkled but not 

 hairy carpels of G. molle are a certain distinctive mark between 

 these two species, which might be confounded by young or inex- 

 perienced botanists. 



Some botanists distinguish G. molle from G. jmsillum by the 

 faint musky smell of the former. This has been stated some- 

 where, but the authority we are not able to quote. 



Sect. II. Petals entire. 



G. rotundifolium, Lin. Round-leaved Crane's-bill. — e.b. 

 157. L.B.S. 233. 



A. 5. C. 15. Lat. 50-53°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tem. 52-48°. 



Root tapering, annual. Stems spreading, erect or ascending, 

 round, with glandular spreading hairs. Leaves incised, with cre- 

 nulate lobes on long petioles ; the upper leaves are petiolate and 

 opposite. Peduncles usually shorter than the petioles (always so 

 except those bearing the very uppermost flowers) . Flowers ro- 

 seate. Sepals shortly mucronate. Petals entire, with spreading 

 glandular hairs, longer than the sepals. Carpels delicately reti- 

 culate with soft spreading hairs. Seeds punctate. 



Waysides and waste places, rare. Annual ; June-September. 

 It still grows about Battersea, Wandsworth, and other places 

 near the Metropolis. 



G. lucidum, Lin. Shining Crane's-bill. — e.b. 75. l.b.s. 238. 

 A. 17. C. 70. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-46°. 



Root annual. Stem rather succulent, diflFuse or ascending- 

 erect, more or less reddish. Leaves round in outline, mostly 

 5-lobed ; lobes cuneate, incised or crenulate, with a terminal 



