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men roundish, five-lobed. Style awl-shaped, erect, permanent ; 

 stigmas cylindrical, recurved. Capsules five, between egg-shaped 

 and oblong, aggregate, each tipped with a linear, erect awn, 

 which is smooth on the inside, and finally recurved. Seeds 

 between egg-shaped and oblong, one in each capsule. Named 

 from geranos, a crane, the fruit resembling the bill of that bird. 



342. 

 * Peduncles two-flowered. 



a. Calyx rounded, with nearly equal divisions. 



1. G.phte'um. Dusky Crane's-bill. Leaves palmate, with serrate lobes ; 

 calyx slightly awned; capsules keeled, hairy below, wrinkled at the top ; 



stamens hairy. Stems two feet high, erect, panicled, hairy : petals 



dark brownish-red. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in 

 woods and thickets : rare, and perhaps not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. v. 

 pi. 322. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 232. 1002. 



2. G. sylvdticum. Wood Crane's-bill. Leaves with seven cut and serrate 

 lobes ; stems erect, corymbose, rough with deflected hairs ; capsules 



keeled, hairy, even. Stems two or three feet high : petals entire or 



slightly notched, light-purple, with darker veins : flowers much smaller 

 than those of the next species. Perennial: flowers in June and July : 

 grows in woods and thickets by rivers : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 121 . 

 Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 234. 1003. 



3. G. prattnse. Meadow Crane's-bill. Leaves with seven deep segments, 

 which are pinnatifidly cut and deeply serrate ; stems panicled, with 

 short glandula-tipped hairs ; capsules keeled, hairy, transversely 



wrinkled at the top, seeds minutely granulated. Stems two or three 



feet high : petals thrice the length of the calyx, bright purplish-blue with 

 white veins, jtheir claws densely fringed with white hairs. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in pastures, woods, and thickets : com- 

 mon in many parts. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 404. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 235. 1004. 



4. G. Pyrendicum. Perennial Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. Leaves roundish- 

 kidney-shaped, with seven deep, obtuse, three-cleft lobes ; calyx-leaves 

 rather obtuse, hairy ; petals cleft, twice the length of the calyx ; capsules 



keeled, even, sparsely downy ; seeds even. Stems from six inches to 



three feet high, light-green, sparsely covered with short deflected hairs : 

 petals five-veined at the base, reddish-purple, the claw minute, with a 

 tuft of hairs at each side. Perennial : flowers in June, July, and Au- 

 gust : grows in meadows and pastures : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. 

 pi. 405. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 239. 1005. 



5. G.rotundifolium. Round-leaved Crane's-bill. Leaves kidney-shaped, 

 seven-lobed, cut, downy ; petals entire, of the same length as the calyx ; 



capsules hairy, even ; seeds reticulated. The whole plant peculiarly 



soft, with fine downy leaves, all opposite : petals light-crimson. Annual : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in dry gravelly soil : not common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. iii. pi. 157. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 241. 1006. 



6. G. molle. Common Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. Peduncles alternate, op- 

 posite to the leaves, which are roundish-kidney-shaped, nine-lobed, the 

 lobes variously divided at the end, downy ; calyx-leaves five-nerved, 

 hairy, tipped ; petals cleft; capsules keeled; transversely wrinkled ; 

 seeds minutely granulated. The whole plant very soft, with fine 



