92 THE GERANIUM FAMILY. [Geranium. 



3 or 5-lobed ; the upper leaves few, small, with fewer but deeper and 

 narrower divisions. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, each with 

 2 small purplish flowers ; the sepals obtuse or scarcely pointed ; the 

 petals deeply notched, scarcely longer than the calyx. Carpels usually 

 distinctly marked with transverse wrinkles. Seeds quite smooth with- 

 out dots. 



In waste and cultivated places, throughout Europe, except perhaps 

 the extreme north, and spread over many other countries as a weed 

 of cultivation. Abundant in Britain. FL the whole season. [Var. 

 aequale, Bab., a native of Hampshire, has no wrinkles on the carpels.] 



9. G. pusillum, Linn. (fig. 210). Small-flowered O. Very near O. 

 molle, but less hairy, and the leaves usually smaller and more deeply 

 divided. Sepals with a short but distinct point. Petals but slightly 

 notched. Carpels not wrinkled, but hairy as in G. rotundifolium, 

 while the seeds are as smooth as in G. molle. Five of the stamens 

 have usually, and perhaps constantly, no anthers, as in Erodium. The 

 upper leaves are sometimes divided to the base ; the species is then 

 distinguished from 0. dissectum by the smaller leaves and smooth 

 seeds. 



In waste and cultivated places, throughout Europe, except the 

 extreme north, but not generally so common as O. molle. In Britain 

 certainly not so abundant as that species, but perhaps sometimes mis- 

 taken for it, and thus overlooked. Fl. all summer. 



10. G. rotundifolium, Linn. (fig. 211). Round-leaved O. Usually 

 rather a stouter plant than O. molle, but with the same orbicular leaves 

 and soft hairs ; the lobes of the leaves rather broader, more obtuse, and 

 not so deep ; the peduncles shorter ; the flowers still smaller, with entire, 

 obovate petals, scarcely extending the slightly pointed sepals. Carpels 

 hairy, without wrinkles, and the seeds dotted, as in the two following 

 species. 



In waste and cultivated places, recorded as common in Europe and 

 Russian Asia, and certainly so in the south, but much less frequent in 

 the north, O. molle being probably frequently mistaken for it. In 

 Britain rather scarce, only occurring in southern and central England, 

 and some parts of Ireland. Fl. summer. 



11. G. dissectum, Linn. (fig. 212). Cut-leaved #. An annual, like 

 the last three, but often more erect, and usually more branched, and 

 the leaves much more deeply divided into 5, 7, or 9 narrow segments, 

 which are again deeply trih'd or lobed. Peduncles very short, bearing 

 two small purple flowers ; the sepals rather larger than in the last three 

 species, with distinct subulate points ; the petals about their length, 

 slightly notched. Carpels hairy, without wrinkles. Seeds beautifully 

 and minutely reticulated or dotted. The hairiness of the plant is vari- 

 able ; usually the stems are clothed with long, reflexed hairs, the leaves 

 with a short, soft down. 



In dry pastures, waste and cultivated places, common over Europe, 

 Russian Asia, and North America, except the extreme north ; a slight 

 variety equally common in North America under the name of G. caro- 

 linianum, and a larger- flowered perennial variety extends over western 

 America, southern Australia, and New Zealand. The common small- 

 flowered form is abundant in Britain. Fl. spring and summer. 



12. G. columbinum, Linn. (fig. 213). Long-stalked 0. An annual, 



