942 GERANIUM. [CLASS XVI. ORDER UL. 
Sometimes it is not more than three inches long, and at others two 
feet. It is, however, in all its varieties readily distinguished by the 
above characters from the other species. 
12. G. columbi'num, Linn. (Fig. 1091.) Long-stalked Crane’s-bill 
Peduncles two flowered; pedicles after flowering spreading; petals 
entire, as long as the long bristle pointed calyx ; carpels even, smooth ; 
seeds netted; stem spreading, hairy; leaves deeply divided into five 
to seven lobes, ent into linear segments. 
English Botany, t. 259,—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 241—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 261.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 58. 
fioot tapering, slender. Stem slender, branched, and spreading, 
and as well as the peduncles hairy, with short stiff close pressed re- 
flexed hairs. Leaves numerous, opposite, a bright green, paler 
beneath, and more or less clothed with spreading hairs, the lower 
ones with long slender footstalks, divided to the base into seven 
narrow spreading lobes, cut into numerous linear segments, the upper 
ones nearly sessile, and much less divided. Stipules thin, membra- 
nous, awl-shaped. lowers pale purple, numerous. Pedunceles longer 
than the leaves, slender, the pedicles long, slender, erect in flower, 
spreading, or deflexed in fruit. Bracteas small. Calyx of five, ovate, 
lanceolate pieces, of a pale thin texture, more or less hairy, three ribbed, 
terminating in a long rough bristle point. Petals scarcely longer 
than the calyx, ovate oblong, entire. Carpels ovate, even, smooth or 
downy. Seeds ovate, rough, with elevated lines, covering over the 
seeds as with a fine net work. 
Habitat.—Dry sandy pastures and waste bushy places in various 
parts of England, but not common. 
Annual; flowering in June and July. 
_ The flowers of this species are small, but often of the most deli- 
cately shaded purple. The calyx, after flowering, becomes much 
larger, and closely enyelopes the carpels, as it would seem, to protect 
them from wet and injury. It is a very variable plant as to size and 
luxuriance, growing from three or four inches to two or three feet 
in length. 
xk Carpels even. Seeds smooth. 
13. G. pusi'llum, Linn. (Fig. 1092.) Small-flowered Crane’s-bill. 
Peduncles two flowered; pedicles after flowering spreading ; petals 
small, notched, shorter than the bristle pointed calyx ; carpels even 
downy; seeds smooth, even; stem spreading, downy; leaves rounded 
or kidney-shaped, divided into five to nine lobes, three or many cleft. 
English Botany, t. 385.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 238.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p 263.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 57.— 
G. molle, 8» Hudson.—G@. parviflorum, Curtis—G@. malvefolium, 
Scop. 
f. humile. Stem smaller, leaves more finely cut. 
