82 GERANIACEJE. [Geranium. 



Dry copses and pastures, from Forfar and Ayr southd. ; rare in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-July. — Branches 8-24 in., slender, hairs 

 reflexed. Leaves %-\\ in. broad, long-petioled ; stipules ovate-lanceolate. 

 Flowers J-§ in. diara., few, rose-purple, homogamous ; peduncles and 

 pedicels very long and slender. Calyx angular. — Distrib. Europe, N. 

 Africa, Siberia. 



9. G. dissec'tum, L. ; hairy and subglandular, leaves as in G. colum- 

 binum, peduncles very short, sepals Ion spawned, petals short obovate 

 notched, carpels not wrinkled or keeled hairy, seeds pitted. Dove's-foot. 

 Hedges and waste places, from the Orkneys "southd. ; ascends to near 1,000 ft. 



in Yorks. ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Aug. — Similar to G. cohnn- 

 Unum, but petioles and peduncles very much shorter, and calyx and capsules 

 quite different. Stipules ovate, long-acuminate. Flowers ^~\ in. diam., 

 axillary, bright red. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, "W. Asia, N. America. 



**** j Lnnua i or biennial. Stems ascending or demmhent. Peduncles 2-f.owered. 

 Sepals erect in flower, conniving in fruit. 



10. G. Robertia'num, L. ; glabrous or slightly hairy, leaves 5-foliolate, 

 leaflets 1-2-pinnatifid, sepals lonst-awned, petals entire narrow, carpels 

 wrinkled keeled, seeds smooth. Herb-Robert. 



Waste places and hedgebanks, from Orkney southd. ; ascends to near 2,000 ft. 

 in Yorks. ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Sept. — Plant foetid, reddish. 

 . Branches 6-18 in., brittle, leafy. Leaves 1-3 in. broad; petiole h- 1 ft.; 

 stipules ovate. Flmoersh in. diam., streaked with dark and light red, some- 

 times white, homogamous. Calyx angular. Claw of petals glabrous. 

 Carpels attached bv silky hairs to the axis. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), 

 N. Africa, Siberia, "W. Asia to N."W". India. 



G. Rnbertianum proper ; glandular, hairy, blade of petal about as long as the 

 claw, carpels with deciduous hairs. — Yak. G. purpn'reum, Vill. (G. Lebe'lii, 

 Bor., G. modes'tum. Jord.), is a small flowered maritime state with more 

 fleshy leaves more divided. S. of England. 



11. G. lu'cidum, L. ; glabrous, shining, bright red, branches above 

 with 2 lines of hairs, leaves orbicular 5-lobed, sepals long-awned shorter 

 than the petals, carpels wrinkled keeled glabrous or nearly so, seeds 

 smooth. 



Hedgerows, old walls, &c, from Orknev southd., local ; Ireland ; fl. May-Aug. 



— Branches 6-18 in., succulent, brittle. Leaves |-1| in. broad, lobes short 



obtusely lobulate at the top ; petiole 1-2| in. ; stipules ovate, acute. 



Peduncles longer than the petioles. Flowers \-k in. diam., rose-coloured. 



Calyx pyramidal, wrinkled. Claw of petals glabrous. Carvels separating 



wholly from the axis. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, W. Asia to 



"N\"W. Himalava. 

 Va.h. G. Rai'i, Lindl., is a maritime form with shaggy stem and calyx, more 



succulent leaves and wrinkled fruit. 



2. ERO'DIUM, L'Htritwr. Stork's-Bill. 



Herbs with swollen nodes. Leaves alternate, or, if opposite unequal, 

 stipulate. Flowers regular, solitary or umbellate (contracted cymes) on 



