GERANIUM. t)3 



shaped rather longer than the mucronate sepals, carp, hairy 

 below transversely wrinkled above, seeds punctate-striate. E. B. 

 322. R. v. 197. - St. erect, 2 feet high. L. 5-lobed : lobes acute, 

 cut, serrated. Fl. purplish-black, very rarely white. In woods 

 and thickets, rare. P. V. VI. E. S. 



[2. G. nodosum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obcordate 

 long, sepals awned, carp, even downy, 1. 3 5-lobed, lobes ovate 

 acuminate serrate. E. B. 1091. St. 18 in. high, slender, erect. 

 Fl. pale purple. In Cumberland and Hertfordshire. P. V. 

 VIII. G. striatum which resembles this but has a hairy stem 

 was found near Filby, Cumb., and Chepstow. Planted ?] E. 



3. G. sylvaticum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obovate 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, even hairy, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds dotted, 1. palmate 7-lobed, lobes cut 

 and serrated, st. erect glandular-hairy above, filaments of stain. 

 subulate, fruitstalks erect. E. B. 121. St. erect,2 3 feet high. 

 Fl. purplish-blue, claws of the petals bearded, lower half of fila- 

 ments hairy. When the fl. are pale rose-coloured, pet. smaller 

 and nearly entire, and st. more decidedly hairy, it may be the 

 p.fastigiatum (Fries). Woods and thickets, rare. P. VI. VII. 



4. G. pratense (L.) ; ped. 2-flowered, pet. obovate entire or 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, even hairy, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds minutely reticulated, \. palmate 7-lobed, 

 lobes cut and serrated, st. diffuse glandular hairy above, hairs de- 

 flexed, filaments of stam. filiform with a triangular-ovate base, 

 fr.-st. defiexed.E. B. 404. St. 12 feet high. Fl. large, 

 purple, claw of pet. ciliated. Base of filaments slightly hairy. 

 Moist pastures. P. VI. VIII. 



5. G. sanguineum (L.) ; peduncles mostly single-flowered, pet. 

 obcordate long, sepals awned, carp, smooth crowned with a few 

 bristles, seeds minutely wrinkled and dotted, 1. nearly round 

 7-lobed, lobes deeply 3-fid and cut, st. diffuse hairy, hairs spread- 

 ing horizontally. .E. B. 272. R. v. 168. Fl. large, purple ; fila- 

 ments dilated at the base. /3. G.prostratum (Lindl.); st. dwarf 

 tufted nearly simple decumbent, fl. flesh-coloured. G. lancas- 

 triense With. In dry places. )3. Sands in Walney Island, Lan- 

 cashire. P. VII. 



** Root fusiform, rhizome wanting, perennial. 



6. G. pyrenaicum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, fruitstalks de- 

 flexed, pet . obcordate twice as long as the mucronate sep., claws 

 densely ciliated, carp, smooth with adpressed hairs, seeds smooth, 

 1. reniform 7 9-lobed, lobes oblong obtuse trifid and toothed 

 at the end, st. erect villose.E. B. 405. R. v. 191. Fl. light pur- 

 ple or nearly white. Claws of the pet. with a dense tuft of hairs 



