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awned; petals white, or slightly tinged with pale purple, 

 marked with dark purple lines ; antherce violet, the ends of 

 the calix, the bractes and the upper part of the peduncles 

 are also purple. Native of Switzerland anil Dauphiny, flow- 

 ering in May. 



2.1. Geranium Sylvaticum ; Wood Crane's Bill. Leaves 

 subpeltate, five-lobed, gash-serrate; stem erect; petals emar- 

 ginate; peduncles sometimes with more than two flowers ; 

 bractes four, awl-shaped, small; calicine leaflets ribbed, 

 membranaceous at the edge, mucronate; hairs on the pedun- 

 cles, and the edges of the leaves, which end in small glo- 

 bules ; stamina all nearly equal; aril hairy, with a brown 

 elevated keel, but not rugged. It flowers in June and July, 

 and is a native of mountainous woods and thickets, in many, 

 and particularly in the northern, parts of Europe. In Eng- 

 land it has been observed in Durham, Westmoreland, Cum- 

 berland, Lancashire, and Yorkshire; about Aysgarth Force, 

 Wensly-Dale; near Hales Owen in Shropshire; Holtwood at 

 Leziate; and near Lynn in Norfolk. 



22. Geranium Pyrenaicum ; Mountain Cranes Bill. 

 Leaves rounded, five-lobed or three-lobed, gashed; petals 

 two-lobed. This species is twice as large as the common 

 sort, and always nearly upright ; stem hairy, forked twice or 

 thrice ; peduncles solitary, from the forks, upwards from the 

 bosom of the leaves, and longer than the leaves themselves; 

 calicine leaflets broad and short, terminated by a red gland; 

 aril even, sharply keeled, scarcely pubescent. Native of the 

 south of France, near the Pyrenees ; and of England, where 

 it is found about Chelsea,- Battersea, and Bromptoti, in the 

 neighbourhood of London ; near Enfield, Oxford, Bingley, 

 and Keighley in Yorkshire. 



** Peduncles one-flowered, annual, 



23. Geranium Molle; Common Crane's Bill, or Dole's 

 Foot. Peduncles and floral-leaves alternate; petals bifid; 

 calices awnless ; stem somewhat erect; root-leaves roundish, 

 hoary, and veiny underneath, deeply divided into seven 

 segments, which are jagged ; stem-leaves alternate, divided 

 into fewer, narrower, and more pointed segments; stipules at 

 each joint four, membranous, and withering; peduncles the 

 length and form of the petioles, opposite to them and bifid ; 

 pedicels nearly three times shorter, with smaller stipules, 

 some of the hairs on which appear glandular when viewed 

 with a glass; calicine leaflets ovate, three-ribbed, hairy, un- 

 equal, terminated by a rrddish and somewhat blunt point. 

 It is the most common of all our Geraniums, on dry banks, 

 under walls, in corn-fields and in pastures, beginning to 

 flower in April, and continuing through the summer. It is 

 frequently confounded with the next species. 



24. Geranium Rotundifolium ; Round-leaved Crane's Bill. 

 Petals almost entire, equal to the c;*x, which is somewhat 

 awned; leaves kidney-shaped, lobed, gashed; sinuses glan- 

 dular; stems much branched, straggling, but scarcely pros- 

 trate; peduncles alternate on the stem, and arising from the 

 axil of a leaf, which is always smaller, and on a shorter foot- 

 stalk than its opposite. The leaves are rounder, and pf a 

 paler colour ; the seeds are dotted, so as to appear reticu- 

 lated ; hairs on the aril spreading. These marks distinguish it 

 from the preceding species. The filamenta are clearly distinct 

 at the base; the petals are flesh-coloured or purple, varying to 

 white, emarginate, or obcordate. When fresh gathered, it has 

 a pretty strong scent of musk, but it soon goes off. It is found 

 on walls, roof's, banks, and in sandy pastures, about Islington, 

 Hackney, Battersea, Wandsworth, Mortlake, and Kew, near 

 London; at Church Brampton, in Northamptonshire; about 

 Bath and Bristol ; and is common all over Suffolk. 



25. Geranium Pusillum; Small-Jlotvered Crane's Bill. 



Petals emarginate; arils even, with hairs pressed close; stem , 

 pubescent; leaves roundish, seven-Iobed; lobes trifid, obtuse, 

 some of them more deeply divided; the sinuses rather acute, 

 veiny, villose, soft, pale green ; the root-leaves on very long 

 petioles ; the stem-leaves opposite, unequal, nearly as long 

 as the peduncles, their lobes more acute ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, broad at bottom, red, shining; segments sharp, c> 

 with hairs; flowers very small, purplish blue, on peduncles 

 from the axils, about an inch long; corolla a little longer than 

 the calix, bell-shaped, and open; petals obcordate; filamenta 

 five, longer, with ovate blue antherse, five shorter and sterile; 

 seeds kiuney-shaped, smooth, rtddish; aril pale brown, even, 

 with white hairs pressed close to it. It forms a larger tuft 

 than the twenty-third species, and, like it, sometimes varies 

 with white flowers; it is also equally common in many places, 

 particularly on the west side of London, in neglected gardens 

 and fallow fields, flowering in June and July. 



26. Geranium Lucid um; Shining Crane's Bill, or Dove's 

 Foot. Calices pyramidal, angular, raised in wrinkles ; leaves 

 five-lobed, rounded ; stems and leaves smooth and shining, 

 whence it derives its significant trivial name: they are, how- 

 ever, slightly hairy. In rocky situations, the leaves are 

 only half an inch broad, and not so much divided ; flowers 

 on short spreading peduncles, with very minute bractes; pe- 

 tals rose-coloured, emarginate. The aril has several rugged 

 longitudinal ribs, and is hairy at top. The whole plant is 

 sometimes red. It flowers from June to, August, and is a 

 native of most parts of Europe, on walls, roofs, banks, in 

 rocky and shady places, and in u chalky soil among corn. 



27. Geranium Columbinum ; Lony-stalked Crane's Bill. 

 Peduncles linger than the leaf; leaves five-parted, multifid; 

 calices five-corneied, awned; arils smooth. Slender, mostly 

 procumbent, with small, rigid, close-pressed hairs ; pedicels 

 much divaricated ; petals reddish blue or pale purple, mark- 

 ed with three lines, emarginate ; the little tooth between the 

 lobes not very pointed, antherse blue. It flowers from June 

 to August. Native of most parts of Europe, in corn-fields 

 and pastures, and under hedges. 



28. Geranium Incanum ; Hoary Crane's Bill. Peduncles 

 two-flowered ; calices awned ; petals entire ; arils hirsute ; 

 leaves subdigitate, pinnatifid. Native of the Cape. 



29. Geranium Dissectum ; Jayged Crane's Bill. Pedun- 

 cles shorter than the leaf; leaves five-parted, trifid, and mul- 

 tifid ; petals emarginate; arils villose; stalks many, about 

 a foot long, spreading, roundish, pale green, here and there 

 reddish, beset with short white hairs pointing downwards, 

 jointed, with alternate spreading branches; flowers small, 

 purplish red, on peduncles shorter than the leaves; bractes 

 two, red, minute; calicine leaflets three-ribbed, awned, beset 

 with glandulous hairs; corolla a little shorter than the calix; 

 petals oblong-cordate, emarginate. This plant varies greatly 

 in size, also with flesh-coloured and white flowers. It flow- 

 ers in May and June, until August. Native of most parts 

 of Europe, by road-sides, on banks, in fallow fields, and on 

 the borders of pastures. 



30. Geranium Carolinianum ; Carolina Crane's Bill. Leaves 

 five-parted, gashed; calices awned; petals emarginate; arils 

 hirsute. This greatly resembles Dove's-foot Crane's Bill, 

 Number 23, but is smaller, and the branches are shorter; 

 the flowers are very small, of a pale blue colour; seeds black, 

 with short erect beaks. Native of Carolina. 



31. Geranium Bohemicum ; Bohemian Crane's Bill. 

 Petals emarginate; arils rough with hairs; cotyledons trifid, 

 with the middle cleft truncate; sh-ms many, branched; 

 leaves five-lobed, crenate, on long footstalks, mostly oppo- 

 site; flowers on long, slender, axillary peduncles; corolla 



