212 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



spreading, much branched, generally bearing a few soft hairs, 

 often bright red, smelling disagreeably when rubbed ; leaves 

 divided into 3 pinnate or twice-pinnate segments; flowers 

 rather small, with hairy long pointed sepals ; petals obovate, 

 entire, reddish -purple, rarely white, with glabrous erect claws ; 

 carpels glabrous, with a few transverse wrinkles. Herb Ro- 

 bert. Waste places, woods, etc. Fl. May to October. 



G. lucidum : annual ; stems f-1 foot high, often turning 

 red, glabrous, shining ; leaves orbicular, palmately lobed, with 

 broad segments usually obtuse, or rarely slightly pointed; 

 flowers as in the last, but smaller ; calyx pyramidal, the edges 

 of the erect sepals forming very projecting angles. Waste 

 places, old walls, etc. Fl. May to August. 



ft Petals notched. 



G. pusillum : annual ; stems prostrate, downy ; leaves reni- 

 form, palmate, with 5-7 trifid lobes; flowers small, bluish 

 purple, on two-flowered peduncles ; petals but slightly notched ; 

 carpels not wrinkled, but hairy ; seeds smooth. Waste and 

 cultivated places. Fl. June to August. 



G. dissectum : annual ; stems diffuse, hairy, branched ; 

 leaves downy, deeply divided into 5-9 narrow segments, which 

 are again deeply trifid or lobed ; peduncles very short, bearing 

 two small purple flowers, the petals slightly notched ; carpels 

 hairy, without wrinkles ; seeds beautifully and minutely reti- 

 culated or dotted. Dry pastures and cultivated places. Fl. 

 June to August. 



G. columbimim : annual ; stems slender, decumbent, slightly 

 hairy ; leaves deeply divided into 5-9 narrow deeply-lacini- 

 ated segments, the alternate lobes mostly linear; peduncles 

 and pedicels long and slender; flowers small, rose-coloured, 

 the petals notched ; carpels slightly hairy, or glabrous, not 

 wrinkled; seeds dotted. Dry pastures. Fl. June, July. 



