34 19. GERANIACE^G. 



19. -GERANIACE^!. 



1. GER!NIUM. Crane's-bill. 



A. Peduncles 1-flowered. 



1. Gr. SANGUINEUM, L. Bloody Crane's-bill. Stein erect or 

 ascending, 12 18 in. high. Le. roundish, 5 7-partite, lobes 

 wedge-shaped, 3-cleft. Sep. hairy, awned. Pet. much longer 

 than the sep., deep crimson. Carp, with bristly hairs at the 

 summit. / Seeds with minute pits or dots. 



Not common. Dry woods and pastures. (B) P. 7. Greater and Lesser Cum- 

 hraes; Port-Crawford; Garroch-head, Bute; and Arran. 



B. Peduncles 2-flowered, roots perennial. 



2. G-. PIOE'UM, L. Dusky Crane's-bill. Stem erect, 2 ft. high, 

 nearly simple or dichotomously branched. Radical le. on long 

 stalks, reniform, 5 to 7-cleft, lobes broad, acute, cut and serrated. 

 Stem le. becoming smaller, lobes narrower and more acute. Ped. 

 opposite the leaves. Fl. dark dull purple. Carp, hairy, trans- 

 versely wrinkled at the top. 



Rare. Ruins of Blantyre Priory; "Banks of the Cart above the Mill near 

 Glasgow, 1 ' HopJc. P. 56. 



3. Gr. SYL VATIC UM, L. Wood Crane's-bill. Stem erect, dicho- 

 tomously branched above, 1 3 ft. high. Le. sub-palmate, 5 7- 

 lobed, acute, cut and serrated. Ped. somewhat corymbose. . Fl. 

 larger than in the preceding, purple. Pet. hairy at the claws. 

 Fil. ciliated to the middle. Carp, hairy. Seeds minutely reticu- 

 lated. 



Frequent. Woods, thickets, and sides of rivers. (S) P. 67. Kenmuir woods: 

 Blantyre Priory, Calderwood; Campsie, &c. 



4. Gr. PRATENSE, L. Meadow Crane's-bill. Stem round, 

 erect, downy, 1 2 ft. high. Le. 5 to 7-cleft, lobes multipartite, 

 linear, deeply serrated, acute. Fl. very large, 1 J 2 inches across, 

 purplish blue, with darker veins. Pet. entire or slightly notched, 

 claws ciliate. Fil. smooth, dilated at the base. Carp, hairy. 

 Seeds minutely pitted. 



Frequent. In pastures and moist thickets. (B) P. 6 9. Banks of Kelvin; Cart 

 and Clyde ; Kenmuir hank ; shingly hanks all round the Clyde. 



C. Annual Plants. 



5. G. LUCIDUM, L. SJiining Crane's-bill. Stems ascending or 

 decumbent, quite smooth, brittle, shining, swollen at the joints. 

 Le. orbicular, 5 to 7-cleft segments incised, apiculate, nearly 

 smooth, shining. Cal. pyramidal, transversely wrinkled. Pet. 

 with smooth claws, rose-coloured. Carp, rugose. Seeds smooth. 



Not common. Rocks, walls, and gravelly places. (B) A. 58. " Blantyre 

 Priory; Cartlane crags," HopJc. Bowling hay; Bute; Cumhrae and Arran. 



