82 GERANIACE^. [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 f-lj in. broad, long-petioled ; stipules ovate-lanceolate. 

 Flowers J-f in. diam., 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 Gr. colum- 

 binum, peduncles very short, sepals long-awned, 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. colum- 

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

 quite different. Stipules ovate, long-acuminate. Flowers J-| in. diam., 

 axillary, bright red. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia, N~ America. 



**** Annual or biennial. Stems ascending or decumbent. Peduncles 2-Jlowered. 

 Sepals erect in flower, conniving in fruit. 



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

 leaflets 1-2-pinnatifid, sepals long-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 ^-1 ft.; 

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

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

 Carpels attached by silky hairs to the axis. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), 

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



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

 claw, carpels with deciduous hairs. YAK. G. purpu'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 Orkney southd., local ; Ireland ; fl. May-Aug. 



Branches 6-18 in., succulent, brittle. Leaves f-l| in. broad, lobes short 



obtusely lobulate at the top ; petiole l-2f in. ; stipules ovate, acute. 



Peduncles longer than the petioles. Flowers J-^ in. diam., rose-coloured. 



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



wholly from the axis. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, "W. Asia to 



N.W. Himalaya. 

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



succulent leaves and wrinkled fruit. 



2. ERO'DIUM, L'HerUier. STORK's-BlLL. 



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

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



