938 GERANIUM. [CLASS XVI. ORDER II. 
English Botany, t. 405.—English Fora, vol. iii. p. 289.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i p. 260.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 56. 
Root hard, woody. Stem erect, or spreading, branched, round, 
clothed with soft reflexed pubescence. Leaves numerous, dark green, 
covered with soft pubescence, the lower ones from two to three inches 
wide, deeply five to seven lobed, each lobe three-cleft, and mostly 
crenated, the footstalk long and downy, the upper leaves almost 
sessile, more acutely lobed, and seldom crenated. Stipules mem- 
branous, ovate, taper pointed, often jagged, hairy. Inflorescence 
terminal sub-corymbose clusters. Peduncles slender, two flowered. 
Pedicles erect in flower, deflexed in fruit. Practeas lanceolate. 
Calyx of four ovate oblong pointed pieces, downy. Petals obcordate, 
deeply cleft, a pale purple, the claw short, white, with a tuft of down 
on each side. Stamens with awl-shaped filaments, downy. Carpels 
ovate, keeled even, downy, as well as the awn. Seeds smooth. 
Habitat—Meadows and pastures in various parts of the country, 
but not common. 
Perennial ; flowering in June and July. 
The flowers are sometimes found quite white. It is nearly allied 
to the following species, but its perennial root, obtuse lobes of the 
leaves, even carpels, and smooth seeds, sufficiently distinguish them 
from each other. 
2. Root annual. 
* Carpels with wrinkled valves. 
7. G. mol'le, Linn. (Fig. 1083.) Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill. Peduncles 
two flowered; pedicles after flowering declining; petals scarcely 
longer than the short bristle pointed calyx, slightly bearded above the 
claw ; carpels transversely wrinkled ; seeds smooth ; stem spreading, 
downy; leaves roundish, kidney-shaped, deeply lobed, cut, and often 
obtusely crenated. 
English Botany, t. 778.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 237.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i p. 260.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 57. 
foot tapering, dark brown. Stems numerous, prostrate and spread- 
ing, simple or branched, and, as is the whole plant, more or less 
clothed with soft pubescence, very variable in size and luxuriance, 
from three to twelve inches long, of a pinkish colour, especially about 
the joints. Leaves numerous, the radical ones on long slender 
spreading footstalks, the upper sessile, roundish, kidney-shaped, 
deeply seven to nine lobed, each lobe usually cut into three obtuse 
segments, and sometimes obtusely crenated, the upper lobes acutely 
pointed. Stipules thin, membranous, ovate lanceolate. lowers 
small, numerous. Peduncles opposite to the upper leaves, about an 
inch long, slender. Pedicles two, shorter, erect in flower, deflexed in 
fruit. Bracteas membranous, small. Calyx small, downy, of five 
lanceolate pieces, with short obtuse bristle points. Petals about half 
as long again as the calyx, deeply notched, of a pinkish purple, the 
