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CLASS XVI. ORDER II. | GERANIUM. 935 
English Botany, t. 322.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 232.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 259.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 56. 
Root thick, woody, dark brown, thickly clothed with the withered 
remains of the old leaves. Stem erect, round, slightly hairy, about 
two feet high, simple or branched. Leaves distant, three to seven, 
deep lobed, cut and serrated, downy, paler beneath, the lower and 
radical ones on long slender footstalks, the upper sessile, each with 
thin membranous lanceolate stipules at the base. Flowers about 
half an inch in diameter, the peduncles about an inch long from the 
axis of the upper leaves. Stipules mostly several, lanceolate, small. 
Pedicles two, about an inch long. Calyx of five oblong narrow 
pieces, with a short point, rough, and scattered over with hairs. 
Petals rather longer than the calyx, roundish, ovate, with a short 
downy claw, a deep dingy purplish black, white at the base, the 
margin waved or crenated, spreading horizontally, or reflexed at the 
margin. Stamens with awl-shaped filaments, ciliated at the base. 
Anthers large, yellow, oblong. Fruit of five carpels, keeled, bristly, 
transversely wrinkled above, and terminated in a roughish awl-shaped 
beak. 
Habitat —Woods and thickets in mountainous districts in various 
parts of England and Scotland, but often the outcast of the garden. 
Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 
The remarkable dark colour of the flowers has caused it to find a 
place in the flower garden, and in a sandy shady situation it blooms 
freely. The colour of the petals varies in intensity; they are some- 
times white, and the lower leaves are occasionally found with dark 
brown spots near the base. 
3. G. nodo'sum, Linn. (Fig. 1082) Knotty Crane’s-bill. Peduncles 
two flowered; petals emarginate, much longer than the oblong 
bristle pointed three ribbed calyx segments; stem four angled ; 
leaves opposite, the lower five, the upper three lobed, serrated; carpels 
downy. 
English Botany, t. 1091.—English Flora, vol. iii. p 233.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 259.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 56. 
Root knotted, branched, and spreading. Stems mostly several, 
from twelve to eighteen inches high, angular, simple or branched, 
erect, slender, swollen about the joints, where they are usually of a 
pinkish colour, scattered over with pressed hairs. Leaves opposite, 
a dark shining green, paler beneath, scattered over with short close 
pressed hairs, the lower ones on long footstalks, of five deep acute 
lobes, and acutely serrated, the upper ones nearly sessile, of three 
lanceolate lobes. Stipules thin, membranous, narrow, tapering, 
smooth. Flowers about half an inch in diameter, pale purple or 
lilac, the peduncles axillary, long, slender, bearing two flowers on 
slender pedicles, the bracteas two to four, awl-shaped. Calyx of five 
