GERANIACE.E. IV. GERANIUM. 



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51 G. PYRENA V ICUM (Lin. mant. 97.) stem erect, branched ; 

 leaves kidney-shaped, 7-lobed ; lobes oblong, blunt, trifid, with 

 3-toothed lobules ; floral leaves 3-parted ; petals emarginate, 

 twice as long as the calyx; carpels keeled, pubescent. 1. H. 

 Native of Europe from Spain to Britain, in meadows and pas- 

 tures. In England by a river between Bingley and Keighley, 

 Yorkshire ; also near Enfield, and about Brompton Chelsea, 

 and elsewhere near London. At East Winch and West Bilney, 

 Norfolk ; also near Oxford. In Scotland, near Edinburgh, and 

 near Forfar. Smith, engl. bot. t. 405. Curt. lond. fasc. 3. t. 

 42. Cav. diss. 4. p. 203. t. 79. f. 2. G. perenne, Huds. ed. 1. 

 p. 265. Root fibrous. Leaves finely hairy, rather soft to the 

 touch. Flowers light-purple, much larger than those of G. 

 molle. There is also a white flowering variety. 



Pyrenean Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Britain. PL 2 to 

 3 feet. 



52 G. UMBROSUM (Walds. et Kit. pi. hung. 2. p. 131. t. 124.) 

 lower leaves 7-lobed, with the lobes lobed, upper leaves 3-5- 

 lobed ; petals red, emarginate, or 2-lobed, twice the length of the 

 calyx; carpels smooth. 1. H. Native of Hungary. 



SAaded Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 2 feet. 



53 G. NEMOROSUM (Ten. cat. 1819. p. 60.) stem erect, 

 branched ; leaves kidney-shaped, deeply 7-lobed, with trifid 

 lobes and 3-toothed lobules ; petals entire, a little larger than 

 the calyx ; carpels crested, pubescent when young. Tf. . H. Na- 

 tive of Naples in groves. G. Pyrenaicum, var. y, nemorosum, 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 643. Flowers purplish-blue. Like G. pyre- 

 ndicum, but differs in the petals being entire. 



Grove Crane's-bill. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. PI. 2 feet. 



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Stems decumbent or procumbent. 



54 G. NIPAULE'NSE (D. C. prod. 1. p. 643.) stem procum- 

 bent, villous ; leaves 5-lobed, villous ; lobes wedge-shaped, 

 bluntly and unequally toothed ; peduncles elongated, and 

 are, as well as the calyxes, pilose ; petals obovate, somewhat 

 emarginate, scarcely exceeding the length of the calyx ; carpels 

 pilose. %. H. Native of Nipaul on the shady banks of the 

 river called Kuli-Khana. Sweet, ger. t. 12. G. rildicans, D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 639. ex D. Don, prod. p. 208. G. quinquenerve, 

 Hamilt. mss. Flowers bright rose-coloured. G. radicans is 

 said to root at the joints by De Candolle, and the leaves are 

 said to be only 3-lobed, and the peduncles 1 -flowered; it is 

 therefore probably a distinct species. 



Nipaul Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. trailing. 



55 G. PARVIFLORUM (Willd. enum. 716.) stem somewhat 

 decumbent ; petioles, peduncles, and calyxes smooth ; cauline 

 leaves opposite, 3-5-parted, with trifid, toothed lobes ; petals 

 rather shorter than the calyx ; stamens smooth. If. . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Flowers small, 

 of a bright lilac-colour. Petals entire. 



Small-flowered Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 decumbent. 



56 G. PILOSUM (Forst. prod. p. 531.) stem rather decumbent, 

 branched ; petioles and peduncles hispid with spreading hairs ; 

 leaves 3-5-parted, with the lobes divided into linear, obtuse, 

 trifid segments ; calyxes ciliated ; stamens smoothish. If. . G. 

 Native of New Zealand. Sweet, ger. t. 119. Petals obovate, 

 rather emarginate, pale-purplish. 



Pilose Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. decumb. 



57 G. PALU'STRE (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 323.) stem decumbent, 

 hispid from spreading hairs ; leaves 5-7-lobed ; lobes deeply 

 toothed ; peduncles very long, rather hairy, with declinate pedi- 

 cels ; petals entire ; stamens awl-shaped, smooth. l/.H. Na- 

 tive from France to Dahuria in subsylvan meadows and marshes. 

 Sweet, ger. t. 3. (Ed. fl. dan. t. 596. Cav. diss. 4. p. 211. 



t. 87. f. 2. Upper leaves 3-parted. Flowers purple, each petal 

 marked with 3 brown nerves. 



Marsh Crane's-bill. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1 732. PL decumb. 



58 G. C'OLLINUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 137. suppl. 455.) stem 

 angular, diffuse, and somewhat decumbent, clothed with retro- 

 grade pubescence; leaves palmately 5-parted, with somewhat 

 3-lobed lobes, deeply serrated ; peduncles and calyxes covered 

 with clammy villi ; petals entire, roundish, hardly longer than 

 the calyx ; stamens awl-shaped, smooth. 7{. . H. Native of 

 Tauria and Caucasus, in mountain meadows. Flowers purplish- 

 blue ; anthers violet. The varieties of this species are truly 

 intricate, and are not sufficiently defined. 



Hill Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. rather 

 decumbent. 



59 G. WALLICHIA'NUM (D. Don. in bot. mag. t. 2377.) 

 stem decumbent, purple ; leaves 5-parted, with broadly cuneated- 

 ovate, deeply toothed lobes, clothed on both surfaces as well as 

 the stem with silky villi ; stipulas ovate, obtuse ; petals emar- 

 ginate ; stigmas very long. Ij. . H. Native of Nipaul in Go- 

 saignsthan. Sweet, ger. t. 90. Flowers large, purple. The 

 whole plant is clothed with silky villi. Leaves opposite. 



Wallich's Crane's-bill. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. PL de- 

 cumbent. 



60 G. LAMBE'RTI (Sweet, ger. t. 338.) stem diffuse, genicu- 

 lately-branched, elongated ; leaves opposite, cordate, 5-lobed, 

 pilose on both surfaces, soft ; lobes wedge-shaped, cut, bluntly 

 toothed ; peduncles 2-flowered ; calyxes mucronate ; petals 

 large, roundish-ovate, concave, and veiny. I/. . H. Native of 

 Nipaul. Flowers large, lilac. Filaments beset with white hairs. 



Lambert's Crane's-bill. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1824. PL de- 

 cumbent. 



61 G. VLASSOVIA'NUM (Hort. and D. C. in mem. soc. gen. 1. 

 p. 441.) stem round, decumbent; leaves with 5 oval, acu- 

 minated, deeply toothed lobes ; upper leaves 3-lobed ; stipulas 

 distinct ; petals obovate, entire. I/ . H. Native of Siberia ? 

 Sweet, ger. t. 228. Flowers pink and beautifully variegated 

 with darker veins, like those of G. striatum. 



Vlassove's Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL de- 

 cumbent. 



62 G. STRIA'TUM (Lin. amcen. p. 282.) stem round, decum- 

 bent ; lower leaves 5-lobed, upper ones 3-lobed ; lobes ovate, 

 acute, deeply toothed ; stipulas free ; petals emarginately 2- 

 lobed. If. . H. Native of Italy and Greece. Cav. diss. 4. t. 

 79. f. 1. Curt. bot. mag. t. 55. Delaum. herb. amat. t. 9. 

 Flowers pink, beautifully striped with darker veins. Carpels 

 villous at the base. Leaves spotted with brown at the recesses. 



Striped-flowered. Crane's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1629. 

 PL decumbent. 



3. Annual species with 2-flowered peduncles. 



63 G. MOLLE (Lin. spec. 955.) leaves kidney-shaped, radical 

 ones 9-lobed, cauline ones 7-lobed; petals bifid, length of awn- 

 less calyx ; carpels smoothish, 'wrinkled ; seeds even. . H. 

 Native of Europe, in cultivated and waste ground, meadows, 

 pastures and by way-sides every where ; plentiful in Britain. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 778. Curt. lond. fasc. 2. t. 50. CEd. fl. 

 dan. t. 6|9. Cav. diss. 4. p. 203. t. 83. f. 3. G. columbinum, 

 Ray. synV'359. Herb of a light hoary green, downy all over 

 with fine soft hairs. Flowers rather small, light reddish-purple. 



Soft or Common Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. Fl. April, Aug. 

 Britain. PL | to 2 feet. 



64 G. PUSI'LLUM (Lin. spec. 957.) leaves rather kidney- 

 shaped, with 7 trifid lobes ; petals emarginate, length of awn- 

 less calyx ; carpels pubescent, keeled, not wrinkled ; seeds even ; 

 anthers only 5. Q. H. Native of Europe in gravelly fields 



