282 MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. [cL. XVI. 



than the calyx, cleft one-third down, rose-coloured, five-nerved at 

 the base, their claws with a tuft of hairs on each side. Annual : 

 flowers from the middle of spring to the end of autumn : grows in 

 waste and cultivated ground, pastures, meadows, by way-sides, on 

 wall-tops, &c. : very common. Eng. Sot. vol. xi. pi. 778. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 237. 1007. 



7. G. pusillum. Small-lowered Crane's-bill. Peduncles axillar, 

 the upper opposite to the leaves, which are roundish-kidney- 

 shaped, seven-lobed, the lobes variously divided at the end, 

 downy ; calyx-leaves one-nerved, hairy, callous-tipped ; capsules 

 keeled ; even, with close-pressed hairs ; seeds minutely dotted ; 



anthers only five. Stems numerous, spreading or prostrate* 



bright-red : petals rose-coloured, a little longer than the calyx, 

 notched, with long tapering claws, destitute of hairs at the base. 

 Annual : flowers from the beginning of June to September : grows 

 in dry pastures and gravelly soils : not uncommon in England ; 

 rare in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 385. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 238. 



1008. 

 b. Calyx with very unequal segments, prominently angled. 



8. G. Robertidnum. Herb Robert. Stinking Crane's-bill. Leaves 

 ternate, or pedate, with five divisions, pinnatifid, the segments 

 shortly awn-tipped ; stems panicled, with sparse, unequal, flex- 

 uous hairs ; calyx ten -angled, awned, capsules wrinkled in their 



upper half; seeds even. Stem red, sending out numerous 



branches at the base : leaves tinged with red : leaves of the calyx 

 lance- shaped : petals twice the length of the calyx, oblong, bright 

 rose-red with three white veins. Annual : flowers from the be- 

 ginning of May to the end of October: grows in waste ground, 

 woods, by walls, among stones and debris of rocks : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1486. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 235. 1009. 



9. G. disse'ctum. Jagged-leaved Crane's-bill. Leaves deeply di- 

 vided into five, tripartite segments, sparsely downy ; stems some- 

 what forked, with deflected hairs ; calyx five-angled, with lance- 

 shaped, awned leaves ; capsules keeled, even, downy ; seeds pro- 

 minently reticulated. Stems spreading: two outer calyx- 

 leaves five-nerved, the next four-nerved, the two inner three- 

 nerved : petals rose-coloured, a little longer than the calyx, nar- 

 row, inversely heart-shaped, with three transparent veins, sparsely 

 fringed on the claws. Annual : flowers from May to October : 

 grows in waste and cultivated ground: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. 

 pi. 753. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 241. 1010. 



10. G. lucidum. Shining Crane's-bill. Peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, which are kidney- shaped, five-lobed, the middle lobe tri- 

 fid ; calyx five-keeled, ten -angled at the base, transversely plaited ; 

 capsules with eight longitudinal ridges, slightly hairy, seeds even. 



Stems spreading, weak, smooth, glossy, deep-red: two outer 



calyx-leaves with two large and one small rib each, the next with 

 one large and one small, the two inner much narrower with one 

 small rib each, the three outer alone transversely plaited : petals 

 oblong, pale rose-coloured, with linear claws, which are destitute 

 of hairs. Annual : flowers from May to September : grows in 

 rocky places, and among debris : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 

 76. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 236, 1011. 



11. G. columbinum. Long-stalked Crane' s-bill. Peduncles shorter 

 than their divisions, together thrice as long as the leaves, which 

 are kidney-shaped, very deeply divided into five three-cleft seg- 

 ments, and sparsely covered with close-pressed hairs ; petals 



