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of the whole plant is strong and unpleasant. Road-sides and hedges, 

 very common. Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



7. G. Liicidum (Shining Crane's-bill). Smooth and glossy. 

 Leaves nearly round, 5-lobed ; sepals angular and wrinkled. A 

 beautiful little species, a few inches high, with small rose-coloured 

 flowers, and shining stems and leaves which are generally tinged 

 with bright red. Old walls and stony places, common. Fl. all 

 the summer. Annual. 



8. G. molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill). Downy with soft hair. 

 Leaves roundish, lobed, and cut ; petals notched, little longer than 

 the obtuse sepals ; flowers 2 on each peduncle ; capsules wrinkled ; 

 seeds smooth ; stems spreading, and seldom a foot long. Easily 

 distinguished from any of the preceding by its prostrate habit, 

 downy herbage, and small light purple flowers. Fields and waste 

 places, common. Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



9. G. pusillum (Small-flowered Crane's-bill). Downy with soft 

 hair. Leaves roundish, lobed, but not so deeply as in G. molle, the 

 lobes cut ; petals notched ; stamens 10, 5 of which are usually 

 without anthers ; capsules keeled, downy, not wrinkled ; seeds 

 smooth. Resembling G. molle in habit, but smaller. Waste ground, 

 common. Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



10. G. rotundifolium (Round-leaved Crane's-bill). Downy with 

 soft hair. Leaves roundish, lobed, but not so deeply as in G. molle, 

 and cut ; petals entire ; capsules hairy, not wrinkled ; seeds dotted. 

 Fields and waste places, not common, but perhaps often confounded 

 with the last, which it much resembles in size and habit. Fl. June 

 to August. Annual. 



11. G. dissectum (Jagged-leaved Crane's-bill). Stems spreading, 

 hairy ; leaves roundish, more or less hairy ; variously divided into 

 numerous jagged, narrow segments ; sepals with long points ; 

 petals notched ; capsules scarcely wrinkled, hair}' ; seeds dotted ; 

 flowers purple. Distinguished by its deeply cut, hairy, not downy 

 leaves, and the exceedingly short pedicles. Fields and waste 

 ground. Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



12. G. columbinum (Long-stalked Crane's-bill). Stems decum- 

 bent, roughish, with short hairs ; leaves deeply 5-lobed, the lobes 

 cut into many long, narrow, acute segments ; flower-stalks very 

 long ; sepals with long points ; capsides smooth. Distinguished 

 from the last by its larger bluish rose-coloured flowers, which grow 

 on very long and slender stalks, and by its smooth capsules. Waste 

 ground, not so common as the last. Fl. June to August. Annual. 



N.B. Particular care should be taken when comparing specimens 

 with the above descriptions to examine the root-leaves ; for the 

 stem-leaves vary, even on the same plant, to such a degree as to 

 defy description. 



