THALAMIFLOR^l. 27 



Lanes, fields, and hedge-banks, abundant. (E. B. t. 778.) A. 



IV.-VIII. 



4. G. rotundifolium (round-leaved 0.) Pastures and waste 

 places, not so common as the preceding. Somewhat like the last 

 in appearance, but stouter ; leaves not so much divided, and with 

 broader lobes. Flowers smaller and on shorter stalks, petals en- 

 tire, flesh-coloured. Meadfoot Cliffs. Dartmouth, near the Castle. 

 (E. B. t. 157.) A. v. vi. 



5. G. pusillum (small-flowered C.) By sides of hedges and 

 in waste ground. Stem weak ; leaves rounded or reniform, with 

 from 5 to 7 deep 3-cut lobes. Flowers very small, bluish-purple ; 

 petals notched. Ansti's Cove Lane. Babbicombe. (E. B. t. 385.) 

 A. VL-IX. 



6. G. dissectum (jagged-leaved C.) In dry pastures, waste 

 and cultivated places : characterized by the very much divided 

 leaves, which are composed of from 5 to 7 or 9 narrow segments ; 

 the footstalks of the flowers are also very short, and bear two 

 small purple flowers. Very common. (E. B. t. 753.) A. V.-YIII. 



7. G. columbinum (long -stalked C.) In dry pastures, on 

 banks, and in waste places. A slender, decumbent plant ; leaves 

 deeply divided, with segments still narrower than in G. dissectum. 

 Flowers small, rose-coloured, on long, slender stalks ; stem in this, 

 as well as in the last, furnished with reflexed hairs. Very frequent 

 about the neighbourhood of Torquay. (E. B. t. 259.) A. vi, vii. 



ERODIUM. STOKK'S-BILL. 



1. E. cicutarium (Hemlock Stork's-bilL) In waste and cul- 

 tivated land, and stony pastures near the sea. Whole plant hairy; 

 stems generally short, but at times attaining as much as 6 or 9 

 inches in length ; nearly all the leaves radical, on long stalks, pin' 

 nate, with deeply divided segments. Flower-stalk long, surmount- 

 ed by an umbel of from 2 or 3 to 12 small purplish or pink flowers. 

 Cliff Walk at Meadfoot. Side of the rocky bank on the right of 

 the pathway leading to Ansti's Cove. (E. B. 1. 1768.) A. vi.-ix. 



2. B. moschatum (musky S.) In sandy waste places and 

 heaths, in the neighbourhood of the sea. Larger and much coarser 

 than the last ; often as much as a foot long. Leaves pinnate, with 

 sessile leaflets, deeply toothed. Flowers rather large, and numer- 

 ous in the umbel, bluish-purple. Whole plant yields a strong 

 musky smell. Paignton green. Teignmouth. Dawlish. (E. B. t. 

 902.) A. YI. vii. 



3. E. maritimum (sea S.) Sandy seacoasts, rather rare. 



