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11. G. pusillum, L. {small-Jloioered Cranes-hill) ; peduncles 

 2-flo\vered, floAvers pentandrous, petals notched, leaves rounded 

 or reniform in 5 — 7 deep lobes, lobes trifid, capsules smooth 

 carinated downy with erect appressed hairs, seeds smooth. E. 

 BoL t. 385. 



Waste ground and in gravelly soils, frequent ; less common in Scot- 

 land. About Edinb. and Glasgow. Fl. June— Sept. 0. — StemwQ^, 

 prostrate. Leaves deeply lobed. Flowers very small, bluish-purple. 



12. G. dissechim, L. (jagged-leaved Crane shill) ; peduncles 

 2-flowered, petals notched rather shorter than the much awned 

 calyx, leaves 5-partite, lobes linear trifid or cut, capsules smooth 

 hairy, seeds dotted. E. BoL t. '^ibQ. 



Hedges and pastures, gravelly and waste places. Fl. May, June. 0. 

 — Stems spreading. Distinguished by the much divided leaves and tlie 

 short ybo^s/r/Z/es of the blossoms, which, as Curtis observes, thus appear 

 as if sitting among the leaves. 



13. G. columbinum, L. (long-stalked Crane's-bill) ; peduncles 

 2-flowered longer than the leaves which are 5-partite, the lobes 

 divided into many acute segments, petals entire as long- as the 

 much awned calyx, capsules smooth glabrous, seeds dotted. E. 

 Bot. t. 259. 



Dry pastures in several parts of Great Britain ; especially in a 

 gravelly or limestone soil. P/. June, July. 0. — Stem very slender, 

 procumbent, its hairs, as in G. dissecttim, retiexed. Capsides quite 

 glabrous. 



MONADELPHI A— POLYANDRIA. 



3. Lav.\tera. Linn. Tree- Mallow. 



1. L. arhorea, L. (sea Tree- Mallow); stem arborescent, leaves 

 with about 7 angles downy plaited, peduncles axillary clustered 

 single-flowered. E. Bot. t. 1814. 



On maritime, always insulated rocks in the south and west of Eng-- 

 land. Islet off the coast of Anglesea. Isles in the Firth of Forth. Ire- 

 land. Fl. July, Aug. $ . — 3 — 5 feet high. Flowers large, purple rose- 

 coloured, shining, darker at the base of the petals. 



4. Malva. Linn. JNIallow. 



1. M. sylvestris, L. (common Blalloio); stem erect lierbaceons' 

 leaves with 7 rather acute lobes, peduncles and petioles hairy 

 E. Bot. t.67l. 



Waste places and way-sides ; not common in Scotland. King's Park, 

 Edinb. Cross-basket, near Glasgow. Kirkbean, Galloway. Frequent 

 in Ireland. Fl. June — Aug. If. — Stem 2 — 3 feet or more high, branched. 

 Flowers large, 3 or 4 together, axillary. Petals large, obcordate, of a 

 purplish rose-colour with deeper veins, combined by the bases of their 

 claws. Whole /7/o?(^, especially ihe fruit, mucilaginous and emollient. 



2. M. rotundifolia, L. (dwarf 3Iallotv); stem prostrate, leaves 

 roundish-cordate 5-Iobed, fruitstalks bent down. E. Bot. t. 1092. 

 — /3. petals as short as the calyx. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 247 — 31. 

 piisilla, E. Bot. t. 242. 



